If Adam and Eve were the first then....

[salmoneous]

are their christians who doubt one but not the other? If so, I'm curious to know why.

I'll give you two reasons. First, the writing style of Genesis is very different from the style of Matthew. Mathew is written in the style of an historical account. Genesis is written as a story - the equivalent of "Once upon a time" or "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away."

Second, we live in an earth covered in evidence that conflicts with a literally true Genesis. While it's possible God set the whole thing up as a test of our faith, I don't think He did so. I think the evidence helps us understand how we are to understand Genesis.

There is no evidence one way or the other on the miracles of Christ. Nothing tells us He did or did not feed thousands with a few fish; nothing tells us he didn't walk on water. Very different from stories about the flood.

These are interesting topic to think about - and talk over with good friends over pizza. But ultimately, I don't think it matters which way a Christian believes. When people came to Christ and asked what was most important, he said to love God and love your fellow man. He didn't say it important to interpret Genesis a particular way. What bugs me about the Church I grew up in isn't that they believe in a literal Adam and Eve. It's that they teach that believing in a literal Adam and Eve is important for all Christians.

 

[Thizz]

I am sure many of you have heard of Francis S. Collins, the Director of the Human Genome Project. I bought a book of his titled Language of God, and believes in something he likes to call BioLogos, or theistic evolution. He likes to take the view of Adam and Eve being not a literal story like other parts of the Bible because of the type of poetic nature about the passage.

He also made a lot of sense for a middle ground, and gave a view other than the two extremes. One part I loved was when he went and studied ID, YEC, and just evolution, and gave his own views about them. He especially slammed ID and YEC.

He also made a great point. Science cannot prove, nor disprove that God exists. Those that say Science proves that God does not exist are misusing science. .They can't prove it. If God is truly omnipotent and set the vehicles of life into motion, he certainly could have used evolution to create life. He could have created everything people think makes him useless and nonexistant.

Then why do people insist that evolution not be taught in school?

 

[MrsKreamer]

don't tell me how early I can buy beer on Sunday.

Move to New Orleans a prodominatly Catholic area where you can buy beer anytime you want day or night, heck you can buy it at gas stations and Walmart too!

 

[LindsayDunn228]

edited to add..In response to the "You don't believe a word of the bible" quote. As a Jew ,I believe the Torah (OT) is inspired by G-d but that does not mean I believe it's literall..Judaism maintains that it is full of symbolisim and allegory

If you look closely, I said "you (generally speaking)." I didn't say YOU (Jenny). I wasn't directing it at you. You misunderstood me.

 

[JennyMominRI]

If you look closely, I said "you (generally speaking)." I didn't say YOU (Jenny). I wasn't directing it at you. You misunderstood me.

I thought I made you mad

 

[LindsayDunn228]

I thought I made you mad

No, you didn't. It's just it really surprised me to hear you say you were shocked by how your mother interpreted the Bible. At least around here, a good majority of folks take the Bible literally. Nothing wrong with that.

I read your last post thinking, "Where the heck did she get the idea I think she doesn't believe a word of the Bible??!!" Then I got it.

 

[JennyMominRI]

No, you didn't. It's just it really surprised me to hear you say you were shocked by how your mother interpreted the Bible. At least around here, a good majority of folks take the Bible literally. Nothing wrong with that.

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I was confused about my mother because she raised me as a Catholic,and I was taught in CCD that much of the bible is Allegory and Evolution is acceptable...I just assumed that my mother thought that too,as she was Catholic..
My mother was raised Protestant,Methodist maybe, and converted to Catholicism,so maybe that was a carry over from her Protestant roots

 

[LindsayDunn228]

That would make sense, Jenny.