An internationally-known thinktank run by evangelical scientists has reversed its view on the literal existence of Adam and Eve.
BioLogos – which has been endorsed by influential voices such as Tim Keller, former bishop Tom Wright, and Fuller professor Richard Mouw – used to maintain that a literal Adam and Eve were scientifically impossible and that all humans could not have come from a single couple. They have now backtracked on that.
S. Joshua Swamidass, an associate professor at Washington University in St Louis who specialises in ‘computation at the intersection of medicine, chemistry and biology’ and is an evangelical Christian, says: ‘This change makes space for religious beliefs once thought to be in unresolvable conflict with mainstream science.
