Are you kidding? Genesis IS a metaphor. This doesn't mean it isn't true, just that it can't be taken literally. Most of The Bible was translated during the zenith of allegorical English.
"Are you kidding? Genesis IS a metaphor. This doesn't mean it isn't true, just that it can't be taken literally. Most of The Bible was translated during the zenith of allegorical English."
the New Testament authors didn't rely on English translations...and they certainly didn't think of the Hebrew Scriptures as metaphor, including the Genesis account of creation. Paul's theology sort of falls apart if Adam is not a real man...not to mention Abraham ("Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness"). If those guys weren't real, then salvation isn't real. Salvation is a metaphor also. Now if you think salvation is a metaphor, then I don't think that you can say you are a Christian.
Not that I have a problem with that, to each his own.
However, I do think that clear definitions are helpful.
I'm not kidding. I believe in the literal truth of the Bible. It appears you do not. Big deal, we believe differently.