> It was written as a great book of Divine Wisdom to be mined
> for great Truth,
“What is Truth?” Pontius Pilate to Jesus.
If there is no Truth in Genesis, then how can you trust any of it?
Jesus believed the Genesis account, and it wasn’t just to humor the neanderthalian natives. If Jesus lied, then He wasn’t even a decent prophet, let alone the Son of God.
Who says Jesus lied? I certainly did not. Neither did I say “there is no Truth in Genesis.” Rather, my point is that to narrowly focus on the superficial aspects of Scripture is to DENY the deeper truths contained therein ... and I think this type of debate (eg whether there is scientific explanation for these people to have lived 900 years, etc.) is such a narrow focus.