Original Sin Never Happened

This was a fantastic response and well organized, Thank you for taking the time to write it. I'll address each of your numbers in order as you wrote them. Feel free to address me back on anything you'd like. 1) I completely agree. Are you in agreement with this too? This is absolutely fundamental to our debate. If we agree here, Then we agree in this debate and we have found common ground. There never was a single Adam and Eve because our homo sapien species evolved from it's ancestors. This was the entire subject of the debate. If there was no Adam and Eve, There was no original sin. If there was no original sin, There was no need for Jesus and the blood sacrifice atonement. Without original sin, The entire Christian doctrine crumbles into a meaningless collection of fables. This was the exact point I was attempting to make all along. 2) I completely agree. 3) I completely agree. 4a) Well there was no Adam according to science, As we discussed in point #1 of this. Our species evolved from it's ancestral species and at that point in time, There were roughly 2-3 thousand of them in existence. Our ancestral species evolved from it's ancestors, And so on back throughout the figurative phylogeny tree. 4b) If there is a God, Anything could be possible. I cannot prove the hypothetical God isn't a mad scientist from another universe that carefully articulated the crafting of our universe; however, That is clearly not the same God as described in Genesis. The God in Genesis clearly made our universe in about a week, Which is completely unscientific. We know for a fact our universe is nearly 14 billion years old and there are numerous ways to test this. The God in Genesis also made light before he made stars, A firmament for holding waters, And so many other errors. It's clear the author(s) of the book of Genesis were not divinely inspired in any way, Because their accounts of Genesis are massively incorrect. This book is part of the Bible and it was referenced as fact by the Christian faith for a very long time, Until science advanced enough to disprove it. If this book is wrong, What else is wrong. How can the authenticity of any of it be reliable when the book it's founded on is clearly fictitious? 4c) Can you explain what you mean about mass extinctions and chain reactions? I didn't understand that point. 4d) There are numerous theories on how life originated. Panspermia is only one option (the one you mentioned involving a meteor). Abiogenesis is another one, And it's my personal favorite simply because it's the most likely in my opinion. Regardless of how it actually started, It definitely did start, Because here we are. What is known fact is that it is certainly not the account in Genesis, Simply because it's so factually errant. 4e) It is true the Garden of Eden does fit many modern day descriptions of places. I assume at the time of it's writing it fit many places then as well. Whether there really was a physical place this myth evolved from or not, I don't know. But I am certain, Scientifically speaking, That there was no magical garden and no original Adam and Eve. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this being your first debate. Welcome to the sport :). I think you did a fantastic job this round and I think we're actually making progress here, Even if we don't end entirely on common ground. I still respect you as a person and I commend you for taking the initiative to engage yourself in a debate on something that is fundamentally core to your belief system. Not many people are willing to have an honest discussion. I look forward to your response in the final (5th) round. To help make it easier, I will label my questions for you below. 1) Do we agree that our species (homo sapiens) evolved from it's previous ancestral species? 1a) If so, Do we then agree there was no original Adam and Eve? 1ab) If so, Do we agree that without the Adam and Eve account, There was no original sin? 2) If we don't agree on evolution, Can you please explain why and how your model functions with the scientific data we currently have.