Another Reason to Dislike NPR

On Monday, October 8, 2012 I heard an interesting (disturbing) interview on NPR news (yes, I was bored, and that was the only radio station I could pick up).

The interviewer was talking to Professor Daniel Harlow, a religion professor at Calvin College, and others.  The gist of the interview concerned the Old Testament account of Adam and Eve, and the fall of man into sin.  Professor Harlow maintained that the story of Adam and Eve was not important to Christianity, and probably not accurate.  One of his statements to back up his position was this:

Again, I want to emphasize, if Adam and Eve and the serpent were so central to biblical teaching, why did Jesus and the apostles not teach about it?

Are you serious?!?  That's your argument?  It amazes me how liberal thinkers go from A to Z, making up their own alphabet in between.

Look at it this way: when you take your car to a mechanic for repairs, is it necessary for him to give you the history of how the car was invented?  Is that background needed for him to fix your car?

Jesus came to Earth to fix a problem (started by Adam and Eve). Did He really need to teach the Jewish people a story that they all knew all too well?  Doesn't it make sense that He and the apostles taught how to fix the problem, not how it all started?

The whole interview was a reminder of why I don't like listening to the 'free thinkers' that NPR seems to attract.