[ArrogantBustard]

And yet very, very, very, very few do [read Genesis absolutely literally]. Why?

I'll leave that for them to discuss. My intent all along was to address these two points:

1) That Adam and Eve were real people, really created by God as people, living at a real time, committed a real act of disobedience to God, and we are ALL descended from him. This is a matter of defined doctrine in the Catholic Faith. Denial of it is heresy.

2) The Church allows some 'flexibility' in understanding Genesis. This flexibility most definitely includes absolute literalism.

If I have successfully communicated these two related points, then I have accomplished what I set out to do.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Thank you for your words.