Lib replied:Is a parent lying when they substitute the stork for genetalia in the answer to their 6-year-old child's query regarding the origin of their baby brother?
I ask: Why can't God's Words in Genesis 1 simply be accepted at their face value?
Because if you wish to accept them at literal face value they are falsified by abundant physical evidence and supported by no physical evidence at all. This had been established by creationist geologists and paleontologists prior to the voyage of the Beagle.
You are, of course, free to take Genesis however you like. But some people believe in the evidence that the earth is older than a few thousand years and that life as we see it today emerged not in a matter of days but over millions of years. Yet, they don't believe that makes God a liar. The Bible is full of parables and figurative language and some people simply don't believe in a literal interpretation.
Why can't God's evidence in the world we see simply be accepted at its face value?