@Philosurfer I’ve been really impressed by how you have wisely been handling the push back here. In particular, I think this is an important quote.
“But it is quite clear that they [early post-Reformation theologians] did not believe Scripture with its definite theological aim presented any unified world picture. And it is clear that they did not consider it incumbent upon them to favor or reject on theological grounds any of the cosmological hypotheses of their day.”
–Robert D. Preus
This seems to contrast strongly with, for example, @jongarvey, but I tend to agree.
@Philosurfer, how would you answer this?
With that quote in mind, it seems that while origins are important to our theology, cosmology might be not be nearly as important. I’m inclined to agree. These are linked concepts, but also (as we see in a Genealogical Adam), can be separated.