GDR writes:
Here is an interesting study of the Genesis accounts by a number of Biblical scholars that I found interesting. The point is that the creation accounts should be understood in the context of the culture of the time.
What to make of this apologetica? Well they all say that the bible stories are written by men - lots of them - based on previous mythologies and designed to influence those of their culture at their time to accept another set of stories instead. Well no shit Sherlock!
By reading them scientifically we completely distort the point that the authors had in mind.
What they mean is that when read by people with actual knowledge of our world, they make no sense at all. So in order to still be able to believe in this stuff, we have to abandon any hope of using reason and do something else instead. What this is supposed to be except some kind of aesthetic enjoyment of its art, is quite beyond me.
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