In recent weeks (August 2011), we have received multiple inquiries about the historicity of Adam
and Eve, including e-mail questions coming through creation.com,1 questions after church talks, seminary courses we
have given, call-in questions during radio interviews, and questions after conference
presentations. This has been precipitated by a significant amount of press coverage
of Francis Collins and the other members of his organization, BioLogos.2 Collins was the director of
the Human Genome Project, and is currently serving as the director of the National
Institutes of Health, so he is no lightweight in science. Also, Collins claims to
be an evangelical Christian. When a person of his caliber speaks on the relationship
between science and faith, people sit up and listen.
It cannot be overstated that … the two theistic evolutionists are basing
their conclusions on evolutionary assumptions.
“Collins’s 2006 bestseller, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief[4] … reported scientific indications that anatomically modern humans emerged from primate ancestors perhaps 100,000 years ago—long before the Genesis time frame—and originated with a population that numbered something like 10,000, not two individuals.”and
“In a recent pro-evolution book from InterVarsity Press, The Language of Science and Faith, Collins and co-author Karl W. Giberson escalate matters, announcing that ‘unfortunately’ the concepts of Adam and Eve as the literal first couple and the ancestors of all humans simply ‘do not fit the evidence’.”5
For the rest of this article, read The Non-Mythical Adam and Eve!: Refuting errors by Francis Collins and BioLogos