I have not been here for a LONG time and I see my topic actually got some response! Well I don't have nearly enough time to read EVERY post since the very first one, as after this, (which is part of my science) I have to go do my math.
Anyway for those who don't take Genesis literally, (and are Christians), I have to through a few other questions out there: If you don't take the first and most historical book of the Bible literally, how can you take anything from the Bible literally? Genesis is a history of the beginning of the Earth and mankind, our fall, then the beginning of God's chosen people. Basically what you are saying, if you don't take the Creation account in Genesis literally, is that you can "pick and choose" which parts to believe, and that would create quite a bit of chaos, since everyone may have a different opinion.
My next question is, how can something be figurative the first time it is ever used? For example, the Bible says Jesus is a "door." I think we ALL agree that this doesn't mean that Jesus was LITERALLY and PHYSICALLY a door, but if the word "door" had never been used before by anyone, how could we understand what it meant? How could the creation account be "figurative" the first time it is EVER mentioned? That just doesn't make sense.
Ok well it's good to be back! I don't remember everything I studied in Biology, (since now I'm in Chemistry
) but I hope I can remember enough to debate or Jesus a little
I have some other questions, but I dare not post them all in one message!
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