Oh I am very thankful for your push back @John_Harshman. You have this incisive and informed resistance that is simultaneously constructive. I’m very lucky to have you as a reader right now. I’m not complaining one bit. In fact, thank you for taking the time to hash this out with me.
I’m making a bid for peace for YECs with the Genealogical Adam. I am offering them a trade.
I’ll attack all the bad arguments against their position, but they have to contend with what is left. The Noahic bottleneck my best creativity cannot get around. Moreover, Scripture does not teach it. I have a solution though. They can keep all the theology and hermeneutics they say is so important to them, but they have to lay down arms with mainstream science making space for people outside the Garden, as they already do with Nephilim. That’s the deal I can offer with integrity, The Genealogical Adam.
That is the bid I’m making. Let me agree up front, AIG is not interested. I’m not talking about them. I"m talking about much of their base, who are honestly weary of war. In place of unending conflict, I am offering A Secular-Confessional Society. This is a good deal. It is a good deal for YECs, for scientists, and for atheists. We should all hope they many of them take it.
I understand you may be doubtful this gambit will work. Maybe. We do know one thing for sure already. I am going to get a hearing. So help me make sure the science is bulletproof, and that I do not overstate or understate one single thing. Defend my flank if you want to help us find a way to peace.