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Reconciliation Challenge PQRC 8 — The Punishment of Adam
It has been said that after sin had entered the world and God’s judgements had been pronounced, the man Adam was altered so that he would return to the dust (a punishment on the man Adam only). Yet animals are mortal too — it is a scientific fact that all animate creatures die. Can these be reconciled?