This is for mostly just the YECs.
Why would an ultimate god need 6 whole days to create the universe? Why would he need to "rest" at all? How does this suggest God can do anything he wants? Surely makes more sence that its written that way so a "day" is simply the passage of time, and the "ages" of the earth at various points? Heck it even says "a day is a thousand years". Add to that that there are 2 different versions of wthe timeline in Genesis 1 and 2. Surely the people writing it would have not been so stupid as to not notice this. So with all things considered this shows that the timeline is very likely not meant to be literally either. And then we have humans made out of dirt, clay, mud. Whatever. And woman made out of mans rib, come on doesnt this suggest its a metaphor for something? And the tree of knowledge, how is that not a metaphor? And what of the fruit of the tree? Eating fruit of any tree isnt going to give you knowledge except of the way it tastes. Its a clear analogy! And take the talking Snake. I mean do you really think animals talked back then or does it make more sence to think it wasnt meant to be taken literally? And if it wasnt totally obvious up to now, they DID NOT die when they ate the fruit as God told them they would. You know why? Because it wasnt meant to be taken literally of course! It was meant to be much deeper, and more meaningfull that that.
Why would Jesus have to forgive us for what Adam and Eve did? How much sence do you think that makes? Surely it makes more sence to forgive us for OUR sins, you know the ones we actually have some kind control and responsibility over?
To believe in a literal Genesis is to make the entire idea completely incoherent and renders the whole story meaningless!
Ed
Why would an ultimate god need 6 whole days to create the universe? Why would he need to "rest" at all? How does this suggest God can do anything he wants? Surely makes more sence that its written that way so a "day" is simply the passage of time, and the "ages" of the earth at various points? Heck it even says "a day is a thousand years". Add to that that there are 2 different versions of wthe timeline in Genesis 1 and 2. Surely the people writing it would have not been so stupid as to not notice this. So with all things considered this shows that the timeline is very likely not meant to be literally either. And then we have humans made out of dirt, clay, mud. Whatever. And woman made out of mans rib, come on doesnt this suggest its a metaphor for something? And the tree of knowledge, how is that not a metaphor? And what of the fruit of the tree? Eating fruit of any tree isnt going to give you knowledge except of the way it tastes. Its a clear analogy! And take the talking Snake. I mean do you really think animals talked back then or does it make more sence to think it wasnt meant to be taken literally? And if it wasnt totally obvious up to now, they DID NOT die when they ate the fruit as God told them they would. You know why? Because it wasnt meant to be taken literally of course! It was meant to be much deeper, and more meaningfull that that.
Why would Jesus have to forgive us for what Adam and Eve did? How much sence do you think that makes? Surely it makes more sence to forgive us for OUR sins, you know the ones we actually have some kind control and responsibility over?
To believe in a literal Genesis is to make the entire idea completely incoherent and renders the whole story meaningless!
Ed
