Besides, the PURPOSE of the text is also important.
The THEME of Genesis is what matters, GOD is the Creator! There is no possible way that God could explain, at the time of Moses, DNA, cell structure and microscopic biological functions.
“Dust” and “Humus” or dirt, the remains of DEAD organisms, was the closest God could come at the time.
Yes, the Bible is INSPIRED but it is not perfect.
To claim otherwise is to be an Idolater, and your Idol is the Bible.
This is a silly, silly argument.
There are people who believe in evolution who will make it to Heaven.
There are people who believe in Creation without any Evolution who will go to Hell.
The issue does not matter to God, and has nothing to do with the final home of your Soul.
“it amazes me that you have no trouble saying that all of the people involve with scripture reported everything, transcribed everything, and translated everything PERFECTLY!”
Yet it is not the men who were perfect, but God, who preserved it perfectly.
Jesus quoted all the Old Testament as authoritative. He made no qualifications. From his temptation in the desert (he quoted Leviticus to Satan!) to - yes - creation (referencing God making Adam and Eve as he opposed the Pharisee’s teaching on divorce) - and throughout His earthly ministry, He quoted Scripture, taught Scripture, preached from Scripture.
In Matthew 19 Jesus references God’s creation of Adam and Eve as the reason divorce is not lawful:
“And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?”
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.” (Matthew 5:17-18)
“The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.” (Isaiah 40:8)
The Bible is not an idol. It is God’s word and should be treated as such.
“The issue does not matter to God, and has nothing to do with the final home of your Soul. “
I think questioning the veracity of God’s word puts your soul in danger. If our doctrine needed to be perfect to get us into heaven, then none of us would get in. However, to question the truth of God’s word is a serious sin that leads to every other sin under the sun.
What did the serpent say to Adam in the garden:
“YEA, HATH GOD SAID???”
The first temptation: questioning the word of God.