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Many of these people do not believe and are questioning the accuracy of what the Bible says.
And some are questioning the accuracy of what religion claims the writers of the Bible say.
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The Bible is clear that the Garden teaches us to hold Marriage as a sacred covenant.
No it doesn't.
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It is also clear that sin entered the world through Adam, and that we need a second Adam, one who will take away/pay for the sin.
That's Paul speaking, not God. There was nothing to pay for. Don't confuse preaching with reality.
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A careful analysis of the Biblical passage on the Garden will not convince anyone that God exists. It just shows that it is quite possible that the story of the Garden was historically accurate. If a person wants to reject the Bible, it should not be done because of wrong interpretations that also happen to be scientifically invalid.
Convincing someone of God's existence or presenting a real event was not the purpose of the Garden story. Rejection of "the Bible" is more a rejection of the erroneous claims attributed to the writers of the Bible. IOW, dogmatic interpretations that are not truly based on what the writers of the Bible actually wrote for their audiences.
"Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz
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