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To: Theo
So, you see the Bible as being less that the literal truth.

Now do you see how most people can accept the ToE as not incompatible with what words there are in Genesis?

383 posted on 01/26/2005 2:26:24 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Not a tag line)
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To: Oztrich Boy
So, you see the Bible as being less that the literal truth

Not sure I understand. I believe the Bible is infallible in the original languages. That I know of, there's nothing in Scripture that contradicts what I wrote. In fact, what I wrote is logically inferred in Scripture.

It is good to approach Scripture in a thoughtful way.

"Literal" is an awkward word to use, though, because some of Scripture is *meant* to be taken figuratively (poems, parables). If the context indicates that a Scripture passage is to be taken literally, then it should be take literally. When Scripture says that Adam had a son, for example, then he literally had a son.

Surely you're not suggesting that Adam and Eve had only 3 children -- all boys -- in their 900+ years on earth?

421 posted on 01/27/2005 6:33:12 AM PST by Theo
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