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Man has pondered his origins for thousands of y

source of ideas consisted of notions drawn from r
philosophical systems. Not until modern times, and the a
has he been able to approach the problem of his origins fro

We live in a time where reason and the conquests o

answers to all the great questions asked by the human inte
origin of man has primarily been presented by some a
explained by secular knowledge. Darwin's On the Orig
England in 1859, enjoyed a great success with the pu
followed., it became clear just how significant was the effe
origin of man was concerned, did little more than offer sug
religious teachings already existed, however, and in D
seemed to be a decisive argument: Through what appeare
felt free to postulate that man was descended from the a
theory, however, for by extrapolation, such people had m
species must have come from a different, pre-existing spe
on earth as the result of an evolution from a neighbourin

This statement concerning the origins of man cam

who remained faithful to the teachings of the Bible, for th
 by God. Moreover, the very idea of the evolution of spec
Bible, which stated quite clearly that the species were fixe
and religious teaching were at odds, and the consequen
reaching indeed. It was maintained that the Bible until th
of God had been found wrong. Credence could no longer
meant rejection of the entire text of the Bible. As a resu
scientific data undermined the faith in God.

At first glance, this argument seems logical, but it d

when talking of the Biblical texts, we now possess certain
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