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Jesus made it plain that He was referring to a text in the Bible rather than to the event itself. His use of that text does not guarantee any particular genre determination.
Jesus taught that in the beginning, God created man and woman.
Genesis is written as a narrative, not an allegory. Jesus quoted it as factual. There exists no passage of Scripture which supports an allegorical reading of Genesis. The creation of man and the fall of man are foundational. Without the Great Flood, the coming destruction at the return of the Savior has no foundation.It is almost as if you do not understand the concept of literary device.
That anyone believes the deceiver was a simply a garden snake is almost beyond the scope of human consciousness. When I read the story to my granddaughter, SHE knew it wasn't just a snake.That you and others do not see a talking snake as a "hit-you-over-the-head" hint that the creation account is a bit of allegory is positively mystifying.
Are you referring to those who believe they have an inerrant ability to properly interpret Scripture, unlike the rest of we mere mortals?
I defer you again to the words of Hebrew Scholars who are in agreement that the author of Genesis used plain language to mean exactly what is written. No hidden interpretation. Man did not evolve. Sickness and death did not exist prior to the fall.(slandar deleted) there remains the possibility that imperfect humans will misinterpret the meaning that such inerrant text embodies.
Oh that's easy (LOL), it's only a 1 in 10 to the power of 40,000 chance to get from non-living chemicals to a living cell. Seems like we need a creator after all. Prof. Dawkins, are you listening?Why not start with where "life" came from. Any self respecting explanation of the events that caused all the animals, fish, birds and mankind to end up on this earth..........MUST tell me where "life" came from.
I know, I know, evolution doesn't deal with where life came from.
Well, for that reason... it is dead in the water... pun intended.
The truth is hidden from those willingly deceived.
I would suggest you start another thread and enlighten us non-believers in the fairy tale of evolution as to how it happened and also, why we don't see it happening all around us today.Tens of thousands of highly trained experts all agree that evolution happened.
I have a question for those who believe in evolution. Where does sin come from? And how does Jesus's death cover our sin?
Most German citizens went along with the holocaust, which shows you that consensus does not determine what is right.
Do you believe a donkey rebuked a man? I do, because the bible tells me. You believe the red sea split in two but not a talking serpent? You believe the sun stood still? A man was swallowed by a fish? But not a serpent talking? No where does the bible say Genesis is allegory. It was there for a reason and it is true. You must understand the beginning to understand the end.
Ans I'm curious - why do those who view Genesis as a myth/allegory seem so set against those who view it as literal?
If a story is allegorical it tells us why something happened, since the definition of allegory is a writing in which the events that take place are not true but the message is true. The message of Genesis is that humans fell into sin by choosing evil over good and thus disobeying and rejecting God. The exact act doesn't matter.So, I'll ask again. If Genesis is allegorical, then where did sin come from? And why is Jesus's death on the cross sufficient atonement for our sin?
1. The political agenda that goes with it. None of us wants to see Protestant fundamentalism shoved up the noses of kids in public school science classes.And I'm curious - why do those who view Genesis as a myth/allegory seem so set against those who view it as literal?
I went through this before with other people in another thread.I don't belive that Jesus ever told anyone to kill the men, women and children who were the refugees of war, allowing the killers to keep the female virgin children for themselves. Those atrocities were committed by men and ascribed to God. Much of the OT was written by the kind of people who killed Jesus.
"Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill
every woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls
who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."
(Moses - Numbers 31:17
If God used evolution, why did He tell us the He formed the first man, with His hands, in His image and then breathed life into him. Then, if that is not enough, He took a rib from the man and made the very first female human..Evolution came from God, it was his technique of creation. It's in the fossil record which doesn't look anything like the creation story that the Hebrews created.
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