[BigEdLB]

I believe that the beginning of Genesis is a parable not literal. It teaches us good lessons. It is not a history.

[PieterCasparzen]

I believe that the beginning of Genesis is a parable not literal. It teaches us good lessons. It is not a history.

"You believe".

Have you read Genesis ? Are there particular verses from Genesis that cause you to "believe" that Genesis is a "parable" ?

Or are you just going on "a feeling" ?

I'm going on chapters 1-50 of Genesis consistently recount history. It's a historical book.

Wouldn't it be kind of a sneaky LIE to start off a historical book with some metaphorical parable, seeing as how the rest of the book comes across as historical and people would thus obviously be led to believe that the whole book was a historical account ?

Just because I can't personally fathom exactly and specifically how God created the heavens and set them in motion, does not mean it didn't happen. Maybe my little human mind simply can't fathom it. But God revealed himself in his Word, the Bible, obviously with the intent that believers would believe that his Word is true. All I can do, therefore, is remember the "faith of a child", and take comfort that God's Word is true.

Job 5:13 "He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong."

1 Corinthians 3:19 "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness."

Psalm 19:7 "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple."

[PieterCasparzen]

God’s creation acts of Genesis chapter 1 are an essential part of the foundation for Christian doctrine, as they are key to establishing the basis of God’s sovereignty over his creation.

When those who profess Christ deny the reality of Genesis 1 in favor of a doctrinal position that God used evolution over millions of years to do his creative work but he excluded this from his inspiration of Moses in writing Genesis, they are setting the stage for their rejection of other Biblical doctrine that is based on God’s sovereignty, e.g., the doctrines of Grace, predestination, election, etc.