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Book Plunge: What Is Man?

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  • Book Plunge: What Is Man?

    What is man?

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    What do I think of Edgar Andrews's book published by Elm Hill Publishing? Let's plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out.

    I want to thank Edgar Andrews for sending me a copy of his book for a review. I am not a scientist, but I like to try to read books when they're sent my way. I don't always manage to, but I want to try. Still, it can be difficult for me to read scientific books because there's so much terminology I'm not familiar with it and that has to be tied in with other terminology I'm not familiar with.

    Andrews does take an approach many conservative Christians take which is to argue against evolution. Now as a non-scientist, I can look and think that that looks like a good point, but the reality is I just don't know. I'm not a specialist in the field and I could show such to a friend who's an evolutionary creationist and he could tell me various problems with it.

    So can I really comment? Not at all. Andrews could be right. He could be talking nonsense. I really don't know. I am skeptical since evolution does seem to be the reigning paradigm and not just with atheists but with a number of devout Christians as well.

    So what can I comment on? I can comment on the Biblical data. When we get to the image of God, Andrews looks at the work of J.P. Moreland. Moreland is a great philosopher, but that is no reason to think he's an Old Testament scholar. Andrews doesn't think there's much to the representational view, but based on the work of John Walton, I happen to think that it is the most persuasive view.

    Andrews also says that when the New Testament says that God is love, it could also be taken to say Love is God. I have to disagree with this entirely. This is a great lie I think of our age. Love does not have the nature of God. God has the nature of love. The two are not interchangeable. Love has often been a great idol of our day.

    When we get to Jesus, I can't say I necessarily support the use of prophecy. It is doable, but it takes some special skill to do it in our day and age. Andrews goes to a passage like Daniel 9:24-27. This is an excellent passage and I think fulfills Jesus down to the last detail and in precise manner, but sadly, it is also one of the most debated passages in the Old Testament. Unless you are skilled in this kind of argument, you are likely to be destroyed in the argument.

    I also wish there would have been more interaction with scholars on the resurrection of Jesus. More of Habermas and Licona would have been good. Perhaps Andrews should co-write with another and he does chapters on science and a historian does the chapters on the New Testament?

    So in the end, there could be a lot of good stuff on science, but I just don't know. I appreciate the passion and zeal Andrews has for Jesus, but I don't think the arguments in the Bible section are the best. I agree with Andrews's conclusion on what man is, but I don't know enough to evaluate the arguments.

    In Christ,
    Nick Peters

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      Originally posted by TheWall View Post
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      But enough talk, have at you!

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        Originally posted by TheWall View Post
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        What game was that?

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          Originally posted by Apologiaphoenix View Post
          What game was that?
          Castlevania.
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            Originally posted by TheWall View Post
            Castlevania.
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            You do realize there's more than one of those. Right?

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              Originally posted by Apologiaphoenix View Post
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              You do realize there's more than one of those. Right?
              Yes i do.
              This line speciffically comes from symphony of the night
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                Okay. I have played a few of the games, but not that one.

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