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Jesus clearly spoke as if He took Genesis literally, referring to Adam of Eve being created and Noah's flood being actual, among other things. I can't perceive how one could trust Jesus as their Saviour while believing He was a liar.

Jesus instructed often by parable. If the people in His parables were not real individuals, then was Jesus lying?

There is a clear danger in taking the entire Bible literally. There is no way to reconcile the evidence that supports the idea of evolution, while believing the Creation Myth to be literally true. However, salvation does not depend on believing that Adam and Eve were real people. Neither has God said that we must accept that Creation was accomplished during 1-terrestrial week.

This is the root of the Creationist's frantic angst: the Genesis account of Creation must be proven and defended at all costs, for to do otherwise would allow the uncomfortable thought that we humans are not the only sentient life God created. It must be frightening indeed to consider that we are not the center of God's Universe. The Creationist declares that God physically molded Adam from clay and then breathed into his nostrils. After a time, God removed one of Adam's ribs in order fashion a suitable mate. The story implies that God didn't realize ahead of time that Adam would be lonely. Is this the "omnipotent" God that Creationists defend with such vigor and vitriol? One who has to tweak His creation from time-to-time because He didn't get it right the first time?

Or...was the God of all Creation indeed almighty, and fashioned the entire Universe during the first milliseconds after the Big Bang...knowing ultimately that a tiny planet encircling a third-rate star would be teeming with life billions of years in the future.

Thanks, but if the Universe requires a God, I'll take my version.

<< Jesus instructed often by parable. If the people in His parables were not real individuals, then was Jesus lying >>

Who says they weren't real? A parable is not the same thing as a fable. A PARable is a story to comPARe something with another, usually an earthly story to express a spiritual truth.

<< There is no way to reconcile the evidence that supports the idea of evolution, while believing the Creation Myth to be literally true. >>

I agree there's no way to reconcile evolution (THAT'S the MYTH) with the Bible.

<< However, salvation does not depend on believing that Adam and Eve were real people. >>

But to call Jesus a liar is hardly receiving Him as Saviour.

<< Neither has God said that we must accept that Creation was accomplished during 1-terrestrial week. >>

Apparently you missed the scripture verses I gave.

<< It must be frightening indeed to consider that we are not the center of God's Universe. >>

It's the planet Jesus came to, was born of a virgin, died on the cross to atone for our sins, and rise from the dead. It's also th planet He's returning to to all up his bride. It's also the planet He will set up His 1,000 year Millennial kingdom on.

<< Thanks, but if the Universe requires a God, I'll take my version. >>

Like it or not, you'll get GOD'S version of God, not yours.

There is a clear danger in taking the entire Bible literally.

Actually, the danger is in not taking it literally.

John 5:39
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

And it is evolutionist who defend their fairy tale with lies and frauds. Creationist simply believe God.