[William Tell]

angryoldfatman said: "Also, this leads to the possibility that the Biblical Adam was not the first Homo sapiens, but instead was the first one with a soul."

Is this then the explanation for where Adam's son's found wives? Do all the offspring of Homo Sapiens with souls who mate with Homo Sapiens without souls, have souls? Or is there some other explanation?

[angryoldfatman]

Possibly, beats me. It was nothing I learned in Sunday school.

That question is so vexing to many Christians that it has become a weapon in atheists’ arsenals. It was used in the Scopes “monkey” trial, and it probably has origins much further back.

My answer? It doesn’t directly affect me in my day-to-day life exactly what Adam did, or Cain did, or Abel did. The only thing I can do is try to learn lessons about how to conduct myself from such stories. I’m not always successful, but neither am I perfect, so it is what it is.