In our modern work-a-day world, we may be tempted to wonder what things would have been like in Eden. Did Adam and Eve have a life of luxury, simply wandering from tree to herb to tree again, selecting their daily food? Was everything effortlessly provided for them?

Up until fairly modern times, people in western countries have basically believed that the Bible was God's Word, and, by and large, believed what it said.

The creation/evolution debates have become a most popular and visible activity. Since the very first, they have usually been very well attended and have precipitated much controversy in the community. But while it has been said that they generate "more heat than light," it does behoove us to evaluate the response to them.