Coe's Epigenetic/Enzymatic Implicated Fall

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

My main objection to @Guy_Coe’s model…

@swamidass

Case 4 is problematic though. If we take a structuralist view of the Image of God and say it was unique to Adam, then we are stuck with figuring out how it spreads from him, unless we want to say it was lost. This is what, it seems, a refurbishment creation of Adam seems to imply. Why would a refurbishment be needed if those outside the Garden were in the Image of God? If refurbishment is how Adam is made in God’s image, how does that extend to everyone else? Sure, we can make suppositions, but I think the coherence here is reduced.

He tries to get around this by proposing a natural process that causes said refurbishment. I’m not convinced it is scientifically plausible.