Whether literal or symbolic... the message is the same. Whether his name was Adam or George makes no difference. What matters is that God has used Genesis to tell us of our state, our relationship with him. Did he use actual events to tell us.... or did he use a parable about Adam and Eve makes no difference. The reality is He has told us of our state and prepared a way of reconciliation.
Personally, I believe in a literal reading of Genesis. But the outcome is the same either way.
Whether literal or symbolic... the message is the same. Whether his name was Adam or George makes no difference. What matters is that God has used Genesis to tell us of our state, our relationship with him. Did he use actual events to tell us.... or did he use a parable about Adam and Eve makes no difference. The reality is He has told us of our state and prepared a way of reconciliation Your theology is seriously flawed friend. If original sin is not real, did God just make it up? Did God just one day say - I have decided that man has fallen and will be sinful from now on, and I will make up this fake story to support it? Did God just on a whim decide to make people with "innate sin natures" or as Paul the Apostle said, do we get them from Adam? (REad romans 5:12)
Why did Paul believe Adam was real and that original sin was real? I think you need to get on your knees and ask God to show you the Truth - then you should pick up your bible and allow the Holy Spirit to teach you.