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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

Thats my opinion

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7. It's a story!

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 25, 2012, 12:45 PM

Aug 2012

The two very different and unreconcilable accounts of creation in Genesis 1 and 2 are Hebrew stories that grew up over centuries and were finally reduced to a variety of writings that were collected and edited. They are not history or science. They are efforts to talk about what is under history. They do not record events, but only point to the more profound truths of ancient Hebrew tradition.

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