[verga]

No legitimate Catholic theologian, rational Catholic, or Church dogma accepts a literal interpretation of the Genesis stories.

I am a legitimate Catholic theologian, and I am also rational. You are wrong.

[Resettozero]

I am a legitimate Catholic theologian, and I am also rational. You are wrong.

Thank you and good to see you again verga!

But we already know there are plenty of RCs who believe Genesis is accurate in every detail, including the parts that are hard to understand for us dumbed-down products of public southern education.

Many non-Catholics also believe that parts of Genesis are conflicted and "storified" for passing down as oral history.

Okay, verga, I'm ready...

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[allendale]

The concept of original sin and has to do with the fact that man , the only creature with the capacity for free will, complex multiple choices and the inevitable poor choices made by all at some point would be alienated from a loving creator. It would only be through the acceptance of Christ and his purifying sacrifice that man in his imperfection might hope to be saved and brought to the Creator. The Genesis stories are symbolic meant to be understood by everyone that God created everything. Do fundamentalists really believe that Paradise was lost by eating an apple?

[Elsie]

I am a legitimate Catholic theologian, and I am also rational.

And you believe that Mary is in Heaven right now; helping Jesus out.

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