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Originally Posted by pahuuuta
Well, im probably going to guess most people on here are christians, and sorry to say that i'm not and the bible just doesnt give me enough faith to believe in god, im the kind of person that has to see it to believe it, whether or not that is a good or bad thing. anyway i was reading bits and pieces of the bible and it just has some flaws in it, lets list some shall we?
firstly, the snake taunted adam and eve with a apple from the tree in the garden of eden, correct? the garden of eden "was" located in israel, which is near the mediterranean. . . . .apples DO NOT grow in the mediterranean....
secondly, at one point there was only cain, able and adam and eve, so think about this, where did cain's wife come from?
i will become a christian right now if someone answers that question for me, to this day no one can answer it, it was used in the Scopes Trial (1925). NO ONE CAN ANSWER IT, where did she come from.
So seeing as how not even the biggest christian can answer this question, i will have to say there is no way to defend the biblical record. . . .
discuss.
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I'm about 60 pages behind in this discussion, so I'm sure my point as been addressed repeatedly, but you quote from the Book of Genesis, which is not exclusively a Christian story.
Genesis is the first book of the Jewish Torah, the most sacred writings in Judaism). The Torah was canonized into part of the Christian Bible per the Council of Nicea. Islam also recognizes the Torah as sacred writings.
These stories are extremely old myths (thousands of years old as they were probably written around 1400 B.C.) that were used to explain the "creation." Judaism believes that Moses wrote these books with divine inspiration from G-D, but ultimately they are moral stories that had relevancy to their time period.
It is harder to take these stories literally now because firstly, they have been translated from the original ancient Hebrew language many times over and secondly, the stories will subtly change through time - I don't believe the forbidden fruit was introduces as an apple until the 17th century.