This is too much fun.
Don't get me wrong... I believe the bible cover to cover... but what is interesting to me is this..... In Jesus time the Pharisees (the keepers of the law) were so intent on the letter of the law that they didn't even understand the message. They completely missed it. They knew everything there was to know about the law but they didn't know God. And the people in general wouldn't listen to them because it was obvious that they had no clue about the message. Many of them were more interested in going to hear some guy wearing goatskin baptizing people in the Jordan river.
Earlier I stated that we fundamentalists shouldn't argue with or flame those who contend that maybe Adam was a parable.... if they still understand through the "parable" that the message from God is this-- God created us, mankind has fallen by choice, mankind needs a savior, man suffers dies and is in pain because of his fallen state, and that Jesus is this savior. Boy was I flamed (although not the first time).