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Originally Posted by shazeep
sorry, maybe i didn't explain that so well. By "A&E having a navel" i meant the Biblical evolutionary interpretation, which allows that these things happened as a matter of course, because sin was allowed into the world, but not as physical serpent seed per se.
The point being God creating unique beings with self consciousness, which creates free will, and then allowing "sin" as a choice, to be overcome. Exactly what we have, iow.
human believers have a time-honored history of literal translation while denying truth before their eyes, and even killing "heretics" who brought truth (the RCC being the obvious goto there). This is where SS and Sons of God physically procreating come from, this too-literal reading of text where it is not warranted, perhaps.
But by all means take the Creation story as literally as you like; these are thought experiments, and that is all they will ever be. No one knows, or can know, based upon the text.
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Either the Bible is right, or the Bible is wrong. Everything flows from the answer to that dilemma.
I believe the Bible. Many don't, but want to keep it around as a source book of useful ideas. (shrug)
Evolution of humans from non-humans is modern mythology.