farmerman wrote:neologist. I will accept your "day" function, that ,as you know, requires some interpretive skills to "decode" the Bible. Weve been saying all along that the Bible is an exercise in metaphor, myth, and moral lessons. It was never intended to be a "science text".
The only statements in Genesis that provide any problems when we go from facts to Biblical allegory and metaphor, are those about the order of Creation and , of course, where did Cains wife come from?
I Have only awe and respect for your seemingly unlimited understanding of natural history. In the short time I have been a forum member I have dearly enjoyed being sharpened by the likes of you and Setanta. That is the purpose of the forum, is it not? Additionally, I have discovered a curious disability in my fellow believers: Many seem to be as deficient in sense of humor as they are in logical development.
That being said, I was forced to abandon my usual decorum as I responded to C I. I meant no disrespect, mind you. All I was trying to do was interject a spirit of repartee into the thread.
BTW, Cain obviously married one of his sisters, which would not have had the disastrous consequences we might expect from modern sibling marriages. They were the children of once perfect parents
