Curious what theologians throughout history made of Genesis 4

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@Eddie

But of course, Bultmann’s position is roundly denounced by virtually all orthodox Christians of every denomination. It’s mainly popular in very liberal Christian circles.

Yep. (Eddie’s statement is so obviously true that a mere “Yes.” didn’t seem sufficient.)

@Eddie

I’m not a fundamentalist. I’m not going to discontinue the use of a perfectly good English phrase merely because some fundamentalists misuse it.

Ditto.

I’ll let my reply on another thread complete my response:

Has Traditional Christian Theology Been Wrong on Many Major Points?

When Jon Garvey wrote, “No it isn’t. Next topic please.”, that basically sums up my reaction as well. Of course, I have no problem with acknowledging that “historical Christians” down through the centuries did have a range of viewpoints on secondary issues like infant sprinkling. But the deity of Jesus Christ is a primary issue and has been a point of consensus among “historical Christians” for 2000 years. It matters. Over the course of my career I got to know a lot of “first-rank Christian theologians” and I am very familiar with their “mainstream scholarship”. So I tend to yawn a bit when someone makes bombastic claims contrary to my personal experience in the academy.