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Originally posted by AKA_Monet
I dunno? Some folks here are taking Genesis literally and that there is NO myth to it or myticism to it... I am still stuck on the "We cannot allow them to do that..." part in Genesis after when man built the Tower of Babel...
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All your points are well taken, but I wanted to clarify my stance on this one. I'm not saying that Genesis is
myth. I'm saying that it is in
mythic history meaning, from a literary point of view, the time frame cannot be determined and we have absolutely no literature from any person from the period. We have the result of oral tradition.
Scriptural origin (beginning) and eschatology (end) writings must be considered in the context in which they're written. We can neither prove nor disprove whether or not they are literal. So, believing that they are literal is just as accurate as believing that they are not (though many, I'm sure, will disagree). In fact, some of the writings could be
both literal and metaphoric.
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