Was the Genealogical Adam and Eve a Crackpot Theory?

This one times about 3.

1 point for every statement that is widely agreed on to be false.

Some of these points are regularly accused of this, though of course I dispute it.

2 points for every statement that is clearly vacuous.

The de novo creation of Adam…

5 points for using a thought experiment that contradicts the results of a widely accepted real experiment.

@gbrooks9 jumps the score by at least 50 here:

5 points for each word in all capital letters (except for those with defective keyboards).

I do think this is a paradigm shift for the interaction between theology and science.

10 points for claiming that your work is on the cutting edge of a “paradigm shift”.

I’m accused of this all the time too.

20 points for every use of science fiction works or myths as if they were fact.

A subset of people who oppose the GAE are committed to polygenesis, and GAE rejects polygenesis.

40 points for comparing those who argue against your ideas to Nazis, stormtroopers, or brownshirts.

The de novo creation of Adam and Eve is untestable.

50 points for claiming you have a revolutionary theory but giving no concrete testable predictions.

I lost count precisely, but we are up to about 250 or so. Perhaps this should give me some empathy for my friends at BioLogos, such as @pevaquark. I suppose that sometimes the crackpots just end up being right. What do we do about that problem?

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