Did Adam and Eve Really Exist

In the ancient world, and in classical Christianity, however, writers understood that theology and philosophy were about real life.

An important argument for any position is how well it actually explains ordinary human experience.

(2) How have other writers, especially Biblical ones, taken this person or event?

(3) How does this person or event relate to ordinary human experience?

Does making the persons or events “merely symbolic” distort the shape of the story?

Collins agrees with those biologists who contend that traditional beliefs about Adam and Eve are no longer viable.