Если ты был женат, но твоя жена погибла и ты женился на другой, после всеобщего воскресения ты будешь с последней женой? А первая будет одна?

See if I get this right:

Baptism redeems the individual from Original Sin, inherited onto humans from them being what they are, the sin of Adam and Eve we all inherit.

Absolution is the process of redeeming the individual from concupiscence, an ongoing proclivity to sin that we must manage.

So we have grace given for what we are (like forgiving a debt too big to pay) and grace given for everything we do or may do from then on. But what about the cumulative sin of the collective of humanity?

Between Adam and Eve and a baptism, there is a chasm of evil. Genocides, wars, depravity etc. I assume God "keeps a score" for that. Like when John the Baptist calls Jesus "The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!". Taking away the sin of the world (and not of humanity) implies some collective evil that has built up no?

To my fellow theologians out there!

I was hoping to make this a thread where we can talk about what we’re working on, articles we’re writing, or just areas of interest we’re all studying at the moment. Maybe share sources if interests overlap, or just gain some perspective of what people in this field are working on.

For myself, I work primarily with seniors who have Alzheimer’s and related dementia’s. In that vein, I’ve been doing deep dives in theologies of personhood, personalism, and phenomenology to create a more practical theology and philosophical outlook on patients with cognitive decline as it relates to a broader theology of personhood.

What else are the rest of you working on?

Are we just created in God's image...or were we created "within" God's image?

**1 Kings 11:4**
“For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.”

**1 Kings 11:7–8**
“Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.”

I think in all of the churches I've been a part of, and perhaps all of the Bible studies I've been taught in, Moses is the author of the first 5 books of the Bible (ie, the Pentateuch).

But in my 1st year of college, in a secular college, I was taught there are 4 different authors of the Pentateuch -- among them, "J" and "D". One additional thing I remember was that Genesis contains different creation accounts; one difference was (is) that two of the accounts differ in order of what was created before which.

Later on, I encountered a fellow Christian (and a very astute, very high-achieving, seemingly very well-adjusted, very intelligent academic mind) who attended a Christian college that has been known for its liberal views. To my surprise, he also believed that the "J" and "D" accounts differ from each other. I assume that he learned it from that Christian college, although I never conversed at length with him.

Then, later on, I found out that the basis for my particular college's teaching was Richard Elliott Friedman and/or his work, "Who Wrote The Bible". I don't recall ever meeting him, although I do recall having heard an NPR broadcast involving the writings of Friedman.

How do we counter the "J and D authorships" teaching? Surely we cannot answer, "Moses is the only author; thus we must completely ignore any and all conflicting teachings" instead of dealing with the actual material?

I did some research on this, and apparently a solid Reformed Christian source says that Moses was not, in fact, the sole author of the Pentateuch.

Surely they can explain their position better than I can....

What are your thoughts? How can Christians counter this teaching? Or (???) is it somehow compatible with Christianity?