“Genesis it true, but told with a set of metaphors that would be understandable to readers thousands of years ago.
Science has revealed the details behind each of those metaphors, but unlike the creation myths of every other ancient faith the basic structure of Genesis has been entirely confirmed by modern science.”
Well you absolutely had me in full agreement until you denied objectivity with the “all other stories but the Bible are wrong.”
Considering many of them metaphorically tell the exact same story... Some of them written long before the Biblical timeline. Too bad you started with an intelligent objective out of the box perspective and then threw yourself right back into the box of 12th century ignorance.
Sorry, I thought this was in General/Chat. I did not realize it was the religion forum, I stepped in by accident. I try to stay out of here as a rule because it is far too radical and extreme for my own objectivity.
“Well you absolutely had me in full agreement until you denied objectivity with the “all other stories but the Bible are wrong.”
I don’t know all of them, but take Greek mythology for an example. It is filled with fanciful explanations for the origins of the seasons, the wind, and lightning. All of which are fun but false.
Or take Norse mythology:
“Odin and his brothers slew Ymir and set about constructing the world from his corpse. They fashioned the oceans from his blood, the soil from his skin and muscles, vegetation from his hair, clouds from his brains, and the sky from his skull. Four dwarves, corresponding to the four cardinal points, held Ymir’s skull aloft above the earth.”
No part of that can be reconciled with what we now know to be reality.
By contrast “God said, Let there be light, and there was light.” and all that follows is a very beautiful metaphor for what we have strong evidence for really occurring.