[whattajoke]

So what is your interpretation of this passage?

Not to your liking, I'm sure!

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.

An ancient middle eastern nomadic tribe, trying their best to account for their own existence and mortality, gathered up the best (or at least most oft-told) oral histories and put ink to papyrus. As they had no scientific method to fall back on, this story summed up their tribal myths neatly. I'm sure they were careful to note that the LORD God didn't use up all the dust near snake habitat, so as to make sure the local snakes didn't starve to death.

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

These same nomadic tribesmen, bored and quite frankly peeved that their LORD God stuck them in a godforsaken desert, dreamed of "Eden-like" worlds, full of lush vegetation, fruitful trees, and babbling brooks. Surely, men of their importance MUST have sprung from such a lovely mirage, and the Eden myth came to be. However, I have it on good authority that those nomadic sheepherders are a bit upset over the use of an apple as the symbolic forbidden fruit. As any good middle eastern sheepherder knows, apples don't grow there.

[VRWC_minion]

An ancient middle eastern nomadic tribe, trying their best to account for their own existence and mortality

One would think they would have created a more user friendly God.

[CyberCowboy777]

You said "Good question. The bible doesn't even make that clear."

Which is not the case. You may not believe it, you may have some opinion on how the story came to be - but you are wrong when you say the Bible is not even clear.

And you gave no interpretation of the passage - only your opinion on how the story came to be and thus not believable. Which is fine - except I was asking ZULU how he/she balances Evolution and the Passage.