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Originally Posted by Cheese
Not arguing with you here...but if religion and evolution arent opposed then how does one account for the Genesis story?
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Speaking personally (and as someone who doesn't necessarily label himself a Christian,) I've always thought of writings in Genesis as being the
metaphor for how the universe was created and life began on earth, written at a time when human thought was very primative, and describing things in scientifically accurate terms would have been impossible. I'm someone who never thought the Bible of being the absolute word of God, but rather what mankind has assembled in our understanding of God. The same goes for the Qur'an, the Torah, the Kabbalah, whatever your favorite flavour is.
I don't see why Science and Religion, or perhaps Spirituality would be a more accurate term, cannot coexist in entirely different realms of human understanding.
Granted, I'm not saying I believe in the teachings of Genesis. I'm just saying, it could just be a metaphor, perhaps one with a few mistakes, but none the less, a metaphor.