[H.Bowman]

I believe the Bible is the divinely inspired word of God. That said, I don’t take the first 11 chapters of Genesis as literal. God is revealing Himself and His relationship to His creation at a time when people believed all sorts of unscientific things. And still, those first 11 chapters are a brilliant description of the human condition. I find it sad and disappointing that people of faith will contort themselves into pretzels to make those 11 chapters literal.

[pollywog]

I believe the Bible is the divinely inspired word of God. That said, I don’t take the first 11 chapters of Genesis as literal. God is revealing Himself and His relationship to His creation at a time when people believed all sorts of unscientific things. And still, those first 11 chapters are a brilliant description of the human condition. I find it sad and disappointing that people of faith will contort themselves into pretzels to make those 11 chapters literal.

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sad.... I'm a deplorable pretzel! Not ashamed of it either.

[FreshPrince]

. I find it sad and disappointing that people of faith will contort themselves into pretzels to make those 11 chapters literal.

Yet twist themselves into pretzels to make John 6 figurative.

You cant make this stuff up!

[ealgeone]

If Genesis isn't a literal account then the rest of the Bible is called into question.

As one reads the NT there are multiple references to the events in Genesis. Jesus and the writers of the NT understood them to be real.

[Fiji Hill]

I believe the Bible is the divinely inspired word of God. That said, I don’t take the first 11 chapters of Genesis as literal. God is revealing Himself and His relationship to His creation at a time when people believed all sorts of unscientific things. And still, those first 11 chapters are a brilliant description of the human condition. I find it sad and disappointing that people of faith will contort themselves into pretzels to make those 11 chapters literal.

Amen! Preach on!

[cornfedcowboy]

Yup. Genesis is a wonderful book of God revealing himself. Beautiful.
I too think people trying to make it literal, or non-literal, are wasting time. God loves us and that is enough.