THIS YEAR'S ALUMNI-SENIOR BANQUET WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 400. Q. San Diego, Calif. "Where do the ancient cave men fit into the biblical concept of our being cre ated in the image of God, along with all races beginning in Adam and Eve?"
tence? Some say natural disasters, wars, and other things prevented it. But demographers have already taken such things into account. The evolutionary hypothesis complete ly falls apart. In Genesis 1:26, after the universe was formed, we read that God created man. (The actual details are given in chapter two.) Unfortunately, man fell away from the blessed estate God planned for Him. He had been the very crown of the Lord's marvelous creation. This shows man deteriorates and degenerates. Those who lived in caves back through the ages were descendants of Adam, just as we are. They certainly did not pre-date our first human parents. Many Bible scholars feel that it was around the time of the flood in Noah's day, or perhaps shortly thereafter, that men dwelt in caves. We do not know specifically, but can know more fully when we see our Sav iour face-to-face. Page 23
A. This question has many ramifica tions, however, we need to affirm at the outset that true scientific fact and the Bible are never at odds. We believe that God first created Adam and Eve, and that the entire human race came from them. There was no race, according to Scrip ture, before. There is no actual sci entific proof for millions of years in man's history. Remember, the Bible does not have to get news or facts from science. If man has been coming along in history as many million years as some would have us believe, why do we not have a tremendously larger amount of people on earth than are in exis
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