Adam and Eve as historical people: consistency as a Christian requires affirming their historicity, but salvation does not depend on this doctrine.

Mike argues that the consistent Christian position affirms Adam and Eve as historical individuals. However, he distinguishes salvation — which depends on relationship with Jesus — from doctrinal consistency. A Christian who wrongly denies Adam and Eve's historicity is "crippled" but not necessarily unsaved. Both Jesus and New Testament authors treat Adam and Eve as historical (Matt 19, Romans 5, 1 Cor 15, 1 Tim 2 — implied). The genealogies in Genesis and real historical details in NT references reinforce this.