[shubi]

The creationists clever strawman, putting creation in evolution leads many who have been undereducated about biology and science to believe there is a contradiction.

This, combined with superficial translations of Genesis and purposeful use of these translations to divide the Church have been very effective in propagandizing many Christians.

It also has made many educated people think (wrongly) that Christianity is a religion of the stupid.

[Smartaleck]

"This, combined with superficial translations of Genesis and purposeful use of these translations to divide the Church have been very effective in propagandizing many Christians."

The Bible is replete with scripture and parables yet how many discern the difference?

Biblical scholars even differ on what the "Word of God" truly is.

Did He actually write the scripture?
Did He work through others and use "man" to write the words for him?
Did He "inspire" others to write his words?

Given that the old and new testaments were written in Hebrew and Greek, later translated to Latin and still later translated to English.....each subject to the interpretation of the writer/interpretor, how can the King James Bible be taken literally?