[gleeaikin]

“He formed Adam from the dirt with His hands...Eve was taken from Adam’s flesh.

Actually, if you read Genesis carefully you will find there are two versions of the creation of Adam and Eve. Can’t locate my bible right know or I would quote exactly. At any rate, in the first version God creats Adam and Eve from the dust or earth. In the second version God creats Adam from the earth, and then takes a rib from his side to create Eve. I have no idea which version might be the correct one and I assume no one else does either. This is not the only place where there are more than ONE version of the absolute TRUTH in the Bible. If more people actually read the Bible, there would be less absolute belief.

[MHGinTN]

I've read the Bible a few times, and spend lots of time with it still. I not only believe absolutely that God gave it to us for our edification, I'm absolutely convinced that you don't know what the hell you're babbling on about. Have you ever tried reading the Bible with the starting premise that it is ALL TRUE but we humans just haven't figured out how that works? Take the fifth chapter of Daniel ... where was the rest of the being while the hand was visible at party central writing on the wall? Or take John chapter 14, how could Philip have comprehended the Physics lesson Jesus was giving him?

Christians who value the Bible as God's Word for us start with the premise that God cannot lie much less lie to us. Then, realizing we don't know precisely how the Bible is all true is easier to accept without generating doubt when confused.

[freedom9]

According to the Bible the two versions actually describe the progression of creation.

Things were first designed, planned, and created in heaven, spiritually, before they were placed upon the earth.

That includes all plant life and creatures, including mankind.

Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Gen 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Gen 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

After having created man and woman spiritually he then placed them on the earth and formed for them bodies from the dust.

He also caused a deep sleep that yet rests upon most that dwell upon the earth.

We are they that sleep in the dust. Some choose to, some are imprisoned within.