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There is no real need to believe that the first five books of the Bible are anything but etiologies.
Like any good myth, they have some universal truths and lessons that can be shared. But like Greek, Roman, Chinese, Norse, etc., myths, there is no need to believe they are factual stories.
It's fine if you want to believe in the power of God and the resurrection of Christ, but really... what benefit is there to believing the there was an actual flood, Tower of Babel or Garden of Eden?
I just don't get the need to believe in something that is clearly an important story but just doesn't jive with *anything* we know of the complexity of nature.
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- Old Man Luedecke
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