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I find it very difficult to believe that Genesis was an allegory. Why would God, Who says to let all things be done decently and in order (1 Corinthians 14:40) start off His word with an allegory?consideringlily said:If Genesis is not meant to be taken literally then there is definitely a problem.
- Job interpreted Genesis literally - (Job 31:33)
God, through Isaiah, interpreted Genesis literally - (Isaiah 54:9)
God, through Ezekiel interpreted Genesis literally - (Ezekiel 14:14) - speaking of Noah in context with Daniel and Job - and even speaks of Noah's soul
1 Chronicles gives both Adam's and Noah's genealogy - as does Luke
Jesus spoke of Adam and Eve in context with the Creation - (Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6)
Stephen went to his death interpreting Genesis literally - (Acts 7)
Paul spoke of a literal Adam several times - as well as a literal Noah - (Hebrews 11:7)
Jude speaks of a specific prophecy of Enoch - (Jude 14-15)
The Flood story is unmistakenly similar to the one in Gilgamesh, named after a Sumerian king.
See? Even Gilgamesh interpreted Genesis literally.
How could it? It's full of allegory and fable and, I'm sure, wasn't meant to be taken literally. The Hebrew story, by contrast, is chock full of real names, places, and events.No it's called oral tradition. The story of Gilgamesh was circulated orally before the Hebrew flood story. I don't think you are saying that the Hebrew story is plagiarism?
He sure did.Jesus used references his audience understood.
It didn't rain and, yes, Abel could farm - (Genesis 2:5-6).You know this isn't true right? Even if you go by Genesis. Abel was a farmer. How could that be if it never rained? If it rained, there were surely rainbows. The moisture created by rain refracts light into a spectrum.
I agree --- she did not know the difference between good and evil before she ate the forbidden fruit.You misunderstood. It can be inferred from the Bible that she didn't know the difference between Good and Evil before she ate the apple.
That's cute.TEs worship God not a book.
No --- but God's may.You don't have to sale this to me. Neither your carrot(heaven) or stick (fear of Hell)will convince me that Genesis is a literal event.
Please don't lay that "Where's God when we suffer?" on us. We have a standing joke ---You be the first to refuse any breakthrough to reduce suffering.
- Joe: God, are You real?
God: Yes, why do you ask?
Joe: Then why do you let AIDS and CANCER flourish?
God: I tried to stop it, but you wouldn't let me.
Joe: How so?
God: I sent you a doctor who had the cure.
Joe: Where is he?
God: He was aborted.
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