With due respect, the Old Testament writings are fables.
In the first place I think it would be ridicules to believe God would explain his creation down to the letter to a people who would not understand it any way,
it would be like trying to explain to a three year old child where it came from.
Even if the child understood would it be the thing to do? I don`t think so.
I will get hell for this but I believe there may have been two parts of the creation and I do mean CREATION, I do not believe Adam and eve were created on the sixth day but much later.
At the time they were created there was no man to till the ground, maybe it is because they had not been taught.
Genesis 6:2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Could it be that the Sons of God were from Adam and eve and the daughters of men were the ones God created on the sixth day?
It is just a thought, not because I think it is fable but just the opposite, I think it is a fact that we know nothing about.
Not at all the case. I've questioned this all since a child even while attending Sunday School. I've tried to believe (still trying), but my mind will never shut out the fact that the Bible was written by men who knew nothing of their own world at the time. It wasn't until scientists and explorers found that the Earth wasn't flat and the Sun didn't revolve around our planet and the stars weren't magical lights in the sky.
As stated above, I admire good Christians/Jews and respect their faith and try to adhere to their basic ethics which works for the betterment of mankind. I just can't shut down my logic and reasoning. Probably best for me to bow out before I alienate and p*ss off more Christians.