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Originally posted by irateplatypus
i'm not saying i disagree with the interpretation you subscribe to secretmethod, but could the reason adam=man and eve=woman be just that they were the first? i don't think the translated meaning of their names necessarily proves that they weren't actual people.
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No, you're right, it doesn't, but common sense dictates that it does. The Bible is a highly metaphorical text which isn't intended as a historical book in the way we know historical books. It's a spiritually historical book, but not literally historical. Thus, a metaphor displaying the spiritual history that God is the creator of all things.
Over-generally speaking, 98% of the time, if your interpretation of the Bible goes against scientific fact, your interpretation is likely wrong.