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Let me ask you. Do you believe everything in the bible such as a flood covering the whole world and Noah having two of every animal on his boat? (An impossibility considering the technology available when it was written)
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I can't really say yes or no; I'm neutrally opinionated on many parts of the Bible. I certainly believe that certain bits are fact, such as the existence of God and all the Jesus stuff. On the other hand, I believe several things are meant to be more... metaphorical or exaggerated... but not in a negative way. The whole flood thing... I doubt it happened, but I don't find that crucial to my faith in God... I believe that through God, anything is possible, but mostlikely that didn't happen. Something like a flood in some land somewhere happened and it was written about as the whole land but some where along the way someone thought it meant the entire world... or something. Oh, and yes, I completely understand the Bible has been subject to alterations and such.
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Also is your image of God as he is made out to be in the bible or something you have created with your beliefs? In other words is your God the "real" Christian God.
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Every single person that is Christian has differing opinions to some degree. To say that mine aren't the typical ones is not the same as saying I don't believe in the "real" Christian God.
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Genesis claims that God made two people in the garden of eden but evidence shows that mankind evolved in Africa and traversed throughout the world during an ice age.
So if you believe in A God you would have to alter your beliefs.
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Yes... a fine example of something I believe is perhaps more metaphorical. Actually, I have many hypotheses about creation. It would take so long to explain them all. Two examples of factors involving evolution that I take into consideration include: 1) Through evolution, God would still be creating the first humans from "dust", especially if the Big Bang Theory is true. 2) A person that claims that God just went *poof* "I've just created a single man and women" technically has to believe in evolution of the human species occuring at least after the creation of the first two. If the whole human race came from only 2 individuals, changes in the population (the basic definition of evolution) had to take place in order to get the variety of races we have today. This would have taken place as humans began to spread across the world as they adjusted to differing climates and whatever.
Oh, and in response to your saying the two don't agree, I personally say the presumed evidence shows "the Garden of Eden" metaphor, story, or fact (for the sake of not ruling out anything is possible through God) was in Africa.
