Martin Luther on Physical Death Before the Fall

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

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So far as I can tell the great majority of the church seems to hold to the view that there was no physical death before the fall of Adam.

That is not quite right. We’ve covered this before.

@swamidass

I had not noticed a lot of support by laypersons in the LCMS for views other than YEC. But I only visited some churches without joining and didn’t really get to know anyone that well and I used to peruse some blogs and websites. Any pastor I asked, it was YEC all the way.

Except 40% of their congregation is theistic evolution. That is the intriguing thing about Lutheranism.

Where do you get 40%? I find that rather surprising.

I always misremember this. It is actually 50% of LCMS, not 40%.

Members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod - Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics | Pew Research Center

Most members of LCMS do not only accept death before the fall, but also affirm evolution.

Perhaps @J.E.S or @Philosurfer or @acuriousmind can comment more.