Genesis 'happened' before written word existed. Not to mention people back then didn't write unbiased historical accounts. Do you think primitive man would write about WWII the same way we did? Or would it be more of a one sided argument.
I'm not saying that the bible is false, of course it has historical foundations. There are references from early mesepotamia to a 'great flood' and the people that lived before it. And of course the Exodus had to happen, but don't you think some fantastical elements might have been added on?
The Gospels don't always agree either, one says Judas hung himself, another says he bought a farm and something crushed him. Mathew says the dead got up out of the graves and walked around for all to see after the crucifixion, and no other gospel seems to mention such an extraordinary feat.
Not to mention that it was a long time between the time the events took place and when somebody had a brilliant idea to write them down. Ever play broken telephone?
The only way Genesis, if it is anything but a poem, can make sense is if you add pieces of information yourself. Cain went into the land of nod and knew his wife. If there was only Cain and Abel, and Adam and Eve, where the fuck did she come from? The only explanation is that there is an unmentioned geneology, so Adam and Eve kept fucking or Cain/Abel thought there mom looked a little hot one day...
Information is only as credible as its source, so why take the bible litteraly with such questionable sources?
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