yes, only Eve was deceived, not Adam. Adam was not deceived. His sin was willful disobedience. Adam followed his woman rather than God (a sin quite common to men, unfortunately). Though Eve was deceived, she also sinned because she doubted God's Word.

True Biblical faith believes that Truth is outside of the believer. The Law is transcendent. The Hebrews conquered Canaan because the Caananites transgressed against God's natural law. And when the Hebrews themselves transgressed, they were conquered, and prophets such as Jeremiah acknowledged the justice of God. Ezra and his people repented.

As Brother Williams pointed out, Paul is not claiming to be "the" universal church father.

okay this person lacks the ability to think logically.

It is common maxim that "absense of evidence is not evidence of absense."

The most "scientific" conclusion that he could make is "I cannot prove with archeology that the Exodus happened."

Con: most likely the humanistic interpretations of the Bible and its origin would be promoted. this would injure the faiths of children who would otherwise only learn about the Bible at Church.

We are as the little ones whom the Lord Jesus said are worthy of the kingdom of God!

We are as Paul who chose the foolish things of God rather than the Pagan philosophies!

I have read Hugh Ross and others who praise him such as Ralph Muncaster. I posed my question regarding yom to you, not to Hugh Ross, because Hugh Ross doesn't come up with a satisfying answer.

"It likely is the case that natural processes proceed at rates which the Eternal finds most pleasing to observe."

"it is difficult to conceive of a circumstance which would demand or motivate such action [instantaneous creation of galaxies]"

Well it is also difficult to conceive of a circumstance which would demand or motivate the creation of the galaxies over billions of years.

You appeal to a logical fallacy called the appeal to incredulity. It doesn't matter that you find it difficult to conceive of a reason for something happening. History is not affected by whether or not we know the reason or the motivation behind the event.

The "literary style" argument is utterly foolish. You should read up more on it. As for your stance on Creation....

so the galaxies could not form instantaneously because the laws of nature says so. ok. I see.

Then I guess Jesus spent weeks preparing the food for the thousands because the laws of nature says fish doesn't multiply instantaneously.

I guess the wedding in Cana was a loong celebration because the laws of nature says grapes do not grow, ripen, and get pressed instantaneouly.

I guess the battle in Gethsemene was carried on for days because the laws of nature says a wounded ear does not get healed instantaneously.

I guess Jesus never resurrected because the laws of nature says dead bodies cannot resurrect.

You said "It is blasphemous to assert that the Lord left his sheep without the means of determining whether a document is genuine or a forgery"

you keep throwing out the verse "prove all things"

but how?!?! Using God's Word as a foundation or by using man-made theories (such as your theory of attributing a causal relationship between the Talmud and Orthodox Christian beliefs)?

I "proved all things" and see that Revelations, Esther, etc. should belong in the body of written works which we call the Scriptures.

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It is not a living soul until it breathes oxygen with its own lungs???

What kind of medieval biology do you study?

Your Adam analogy does not hold because of its faulty parallelism. It was not Adam who took the breath, but God.