The concept of Theistic Evolution negates Paul's writing on the Birth of Sin.

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned-- for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
(Rom 5:12-18)

Theistic Evolution teaches that God created Humanity, and all current species through the processes of Evolution. While I believe that Christians may believe Theistic Evolution and still be truely Christian, I do have some questions about the Theory.

For Theistic evolution to be true, there could not have been a literal Adam as accounted in the Book of Genesis. Because there would be no Adam, there would have been no Disobedience, and therefore, no original sin in the garden.

Paul speaks specifically of Adam and "One transgression". Paul understads Genesis, at least concernin a Literal Adam and the Fall, to be literal. Not only does he believe that Adam was literal, but he believes that due to his one sin, all men are sinners.

If, man is not descended from one individual, and instead evolved over time to become homosapiens, there would not have been"One man" and "One Transgression" that Paul Speaks of in Romans. There would be "an age of reason" reached by "an entire species" as they gained consciousness.

The Problem with this becomes Apparent when we read the Account from Genesis that Paul is referring to.


Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?" And he said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself." He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate." Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you." And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
(Gen 3:1-19)


God ordered Adam not to eat from the Tree. Adam ate from the Tree and thus was in violation of God's command. Thus, man had sinned.

In classical Christian theology, at this point man becomes cursed. Mankind is now tainted with sin, and all that comes with sin.

However, according to Theistic Evolution, there is no Adam, no Literal First man. If there is no "First man" but instead Adam is simply representative of the Human Race, how can the entire Human race disobey a command of God? If man were destined by Evolution to reach the point where he could discern Good and Evil, how then could they have avoided this sin?