The biblical story of us all coming from two wouldn't be as preposterous if Christians didn't insist the world was only 6,000 years old.
Coming from two people is possible, if you give a lot more time.
That's a perspective I hadn't considered before. Well said.
I begin to wonder how much religion talk we can get away with before Avon starts worrying about us calling each other names? (o_-)
Anyone who actually takes the time to read the Good Book front to back will very quickly figure out that it isn't 'non-fiction'. Not everything in it is fact, despite some people insisting the opposite.
David most likely did *not* kill a giant, three times the size of a normal
man, with a single pebble from a sling. There's no evidence of gigantism to that degree, and I highly suspect the accuracy of a boy who must have been scared poop-less. I find it very unrealistic that a man, even one as epic as Christ, can just snap his fingers, and have wine where he had water, or
endless baskets of bread and fish. These are just a couple examples of either hyperbole or flat-out inaccuracy.
But, this is to be expected, when the Word of God is mis-translated by a
flawed human, and then re-mis-translated multiple times by multiple additional flawed humans. Just like that game of 'telephone' from back in grade school, the original message is easily lost when passed from person to person.
There certainly are more devout Christians than I, and certainly some that would insist that the Bible is pure fact. There's also a significant number
of people who go to church every week who have never been in contact with
God, and has never recieved His Gift.
I am not this Christian. I am intelligent enough to question anything that doesn't make sense. Yet, after being in His presense, I cannot deny the existence of a 'higher power'. It's very difficult to question direct experience. That still hasn't convinced me that all seven billion of us came from a single pairing.
Enjoy your day, and if you haven't met Him, yet, I hope He blesses you soon!
McDoob
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