[rjsimmon]

For me, it does. It illustrates the corrosive effect of sin on the intended eternal lifespan if mankind.

Then you take it as a personal narritive. That does not change the fact that salvation is predicated upon confession of the Lord Jesus Christ and belief that God has raised him from the dead. (Rom 10:9)

[fishtank]

If you throw out Genesis, the atheists won’t let you keep the Gospels.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “That does not change the fact that salvation is predicated upon confession of the Lord Jesus Christ and belief that God has raised him from the dead.” <<

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Your understanding of the basis of salvation is rather truncated, and would benefit from a careful reading of Peter’s first epistle, which expresses the conditions upon which our FUTURE salvation will depend.
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