You can believe that the point of Genesis is to give a scientific account of how God created the earth.
Or:
The author of Genesis intended to teach that God made man in His image. One of the resemblances between God and man is the ability to reason. One of the aspects of reason is counting the days, and devoting the seventh day to worship of God. This is something that no creature on earth does except for man.
Among all animals, only man “rests” on the seventh day. By saying that God “rested” after his work, Genesis teaches that God is like us in some essential ways. He is a person, with a mind.
This communicates a philosophical point for which the philosophical language did not yet exist.
I knew it!!!
No kidding, I'm not even surprised! The most militant, reactionary, fire-breathing, liberal-bashing Catholic poster on this site is nevertheless an evolutionist because, he's a Catholic, and by golly, Catholics believe in evolution! I mean, what are they, rednecks?
I suggest the "virgin birth" is a description of a purely natural process for which the philosophical language did not yet exist.
I don’t think I said anything about evolution.
As a matter of fact, I DON’T think there’s solid evidence for evolution. There certainly is evidence that the earth has teemed with species that are now extinct, and that other species have come into existence at later times. But evolution? That’s a different matter entirely.
I don’t see what the Virginal Conception and the Virgin Birth of Jesus has to do with evolution—or biology in general. If it happened, it had to be a direct act of God.