If that is what you believe. I will not try to pursuade you otherwise.
How can Adam be the first man to receive a soul if he is not real?
Interesting concept. Maybe, if as you say, it is merely allegorical, that "Adam" represents the beginning of man and the time God bestowed a soul on man to separate him from the animals. Before that, man was one with the animals? You do make this sound very interesting. Thank you for your thoughts.
I did not say that Adam was 'allegorical.' I was discussing that with someone else who did.
I believe that Adam was as real a man as you are, WT. But methinks you were deliberately baiting in that post.