tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620662498219948167.post2980955350078128379..comments2008-08-26T23:59:30.514-04:00Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00924373825714932193noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620662498219948167.post-61713742439924619882008-08-26T23:59:00.000-04:002008-08-26T23:59:00.000-04:00Peter, thanks for an honest and thought-provoking post! <BR/><BR/>As sympathetic as I am to a literary (vs. a literal) read of Genesis 1 and 2, I have the same issue with trying to reconcile the Biblical account with a theistic account of evolution because of the issue of death.<BR/><BR/>One explanation I've heard is that one needs to differentiate between the "first" death and the "second" death referred to in Revelation. According to this theory, the first death, which is only physical was a part of creation, and had none of the negative associations we have of it today (pain and suffering) but was part of nature and more like going to sleep.<BR/><BR/>The first death only became "negative" after the Fall, which introduced the "second" death, i.e. spiritual death.<BR/><BR/>Confused? Yeah, me to. =) Still, pretty interesting.Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00924373825714932193noreply@blogger.com