If we believe in theistic evolutionism, then how do we explain the herd instinct? Let’s assume that Adam and Eve are nothing more than a collective image. What about the herd instinct? Did the “paradise” people have it or not? It was ALWAYS with people. And how do you explain this?
Spirits reside in the subconscious or shadow. Many people may have had demons at some point due to man’s fallen nature. A baptism done correctly, it may have been like an exorcism.
People in sin, they may have had a “Mob Mentality.”
- Mob in front of Lot’s house. (Genesis 19)
- Mob approaches a Levite. (Judges 19)
- A Mob in 2022-23 may have been a Gay Pride Parade.
In both cases, the people were in Baal Worship and Temple prostitution. In their subconscious or shadow, they had demons. Spirits effect motivations. They may have been moved to do particular things in a mob mentality.
Christianity is different. There is Freedom in The Lord. As a group of men are choosing The Lord Jesus Christ, and growing in Faith together, they may have started to think more alike. They may have learned to see things more as God sees them. They became more of “One Mind.” (Philippians 2:2)
I have lived in the US. Given there was a Christian in China, of whom I have never met, he could potentially be working in tandem with me. We both are working to build the Kingdom of God, potentially working off each other. We are connected to God. There is a spiritual reality here with cause and effect.
If we believe in theistic evolutionism,
That is the wrong frame of thought. There is a spiritual level to understanding the Bible. Someone cannot really understand the New Testament outside of a Spiritual Understanding.