[WildTurkey]

How do you, as a theistic evolutionist, understand how God uniquely gifted humanity with thinking, and spiritual understanding that animals do not share?

I already have. I said that it is my understanding of God that he gave Adam a soul and immortality and free will. This was only done AFTER humans reached a certain level of development such that they had the mental capacity to understand the consequences of their actions.

[ohioWfan]

So your view is different from others here, that the first fully evolved homo sapiens was the first one created in God's image (i.e. having a soul).

You believe that there were evolved human beings without souls until they developed to the point where God decided to breathe HIS Spirit into them?

How do those pre-soul humans fit into your view of Scripture, and redemption for sin?

(And I am not, as you continue to accuse, relying on what other 'men' are telling me. I am thinking for myself based on my own understanding of God's word and the intellect and reasoning power He has given me......so please leave that out of any future posts).