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#127 How do I reconcile Evolution, the Fall and Original Sin?

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#127 How do I reconcile Evolution, the Fall and Original Sin?

July 21, 2022
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If evolution is true then physical death existed before the Fall - how do we reconcile that with scripture? How do we reconcile evolution with the concept of a first man and woman and original sin? Did the Fall also affect the rest of the universe?

 

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