[apackof2]

Anyone can be or call themselves a "Rev."
Look at he "Rev." Jesse Jackson
Just like anyone can say they are a "Christian"

A "title" or calling your self one doesn't make you one

[atlaw]

Just like anyone can say they are a "Christian" A "title" or calling your self one doesn't make you one

Is acceptance of one particular interpretation of Genesis 1 and 2 a prerequisite to being a "true" Christian? And if so, which interpretation is the "correct" one?

[peyton randolph]

Anyone can be or call themselves a "Rev."

Become a Universal Life Church minister and

compete with Rev. Jackson

for flock to fleece.

[cb]

This is almost a vanity, but here goes:

I'm not trained in the bible but I have read Genesis. I don't see two (or more) stories but one. A story of creation in which "man" is created and a second one of special creation in which "adam and eve" are created. When they are thrown out of the garden, they are put in with the rest of man and thus no problem with who the "wife" of cain is. Since the story of Adam and Eve is the story of the jews, the time line could well be accurate (3,000 + years?) along with the geologic age of the earth.

Like a lot of things that the scholars come up with, I'm sure all this can be debunked with parallelograms of force etc. But for me, I can reconcile most stories of the bible with scientific truth with very little effort as long as I don't have an expert explaining why I am wrong.

Faith? maybe, but I'm not at all religious.