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Originally Posted by martinguerre
By story, i mean the larger text. The story of genesis is about creation. There's no header that says "scientifically accurate" or anything. It's a story. you can read it as history, but i don't think the meaning is there. it reads like poetry. God's breath (ruah or spirit) moves over the water, and calls each thing in to being.
How that becomes a science textbook is beyond me. I'm willing to admit, i may be wrong. And i would take it seriously, if on the last day i was called to account for causing the scriptures to be held in low regard.
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Exactly. The problem is when you get people who won't believe anything except the Bible. I look at it a a "holy-fied" Aesop's Fables. Was there a fox who wanted grapes? Not one that talked, at any rate. But the stories can tell us something about ourselves. (I think I might have changed my mind about the importance of the OT)