It figures…
Today, while at work, I listened to a sermon by a local pastor on Genesis 1. At one point in the sermon he stopped to talk a little about Adam and one of the things he said was something to this effect: “I believe that Adam was the most intelligent man that ever lived. In fact, he was created this way. Why? Because one of the reasons God created Adam was for fellowship, and clearly – at least in a sinless world – if a person were to be in this type of relationship with God, he would have to be of uniquely high intelligence.”
Interesting.
Oh, and did I mention that pastor was a baptist?
Bonus Content:
In regards to baptism, this same pastor talked about a student atheist summer camp where they recently held “de-baptisms” to cleanse young people from their oppressive religious bonds. This really seemed to trouble him. Of course, when baptism is only symbolic, then I suppose a symbolic de-baptism would be pretty devastating. Good thing it’s not.
