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What is the case for interpreting the Genesis creation account literally?
I think we can all agree that the entire Bible is not meant to be taken literally. Consider the Song of Solomon (what would his lover look like if we take it literally?) or the book of Revelation.
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What is the support for saying Jesus believed Genesis was a literal account of creation?
Ken Ham has said "I take Genesis as literal history, as Jesus did."
I've also seen this stated other places, but haven't seen anything that Jesus said which backs up this train of thought.
What is ...
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Why are Adam and Eve considered married?
It seems fairly common for Christians to refer to Adam and Eve has being husband and wife. In particular, when (in my experience, evangelical) Christians are discussing questions of sex and marriage, ...
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In which region of earth is the Garden of Eden located?
Genesis 2:15(NIV)
The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it
and take care of it.
I'm curious to know, now, in which which country is the Garden of Eden located? (...
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What is the Biblical Basis of a "water canopy", and is there scientific evidence to support it?
Some Creationists have asserted that in the pre-flood world that there may have been some sort of water vapor canopy that perhaps doubled the air pressure and caused things to be much healthier than ...
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What is the biblical basis for the belief that Satan was the serpent in the Garden of Eden?
This seems to be the generally accepted belief, and it's taught to children in Sunday School in many churches, but is there biblical basis for it? Here's the actual text:
1 Now the serpent was more ...
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Are there other biblical references where angels are disguised as humans? [closed]
I was reading Genesis 19: Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed and in the first verse, two angels are greeted by Lot as they arrive at the gates of Sodom. But instead of the "do not be afraid" speech that ...
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Why is the line from Seth to Noah often called righteous?
The line of descendants from Seth to Noah is often called righteous, in comparison to Cain's descendants who are called evil. This comes up when discussing Methuselah who although he died in the year ...
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What is the Biblical basis that it was was the second person of the Trinity that walked in the garden of Eden?
Genesis 3:8 tells us:
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was
walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the
Lord God among the trees of the ...
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Did Adam and Eve end up getting saved? [closed]
After answering a recent question, it occurred to me to ask: Is there any biblical evidence regarding whether Adam and Eve have been redeemed in some fashion (and are thus going to Heaven/the New ...
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What is the basis for the belief that Eve was created on the sixth day, like Adam?
I have always thought that Eve was created on the sixth day, a bit later in the day than Adam. However, I recently discovered that some believe Eve was created on a later day.
What, then, is the ...
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Biblical basis for two aspects of the Gap Theory
According to the Gap Theory there was a large gap in time between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. Two aspects of the theory are:
Rather than Genesis 1:1 being a summary for what follows, it is a ...
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How did the world get populated according to Bible?
Adam and Eve had only three sons (Cain, Abel, and Seth), but no daughters: how did the world get populated?
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What is the Biblical basis for the idea of 'creation ex nihilo'?
Dr. Dan McClellan in a recent video says
"[T]he doctrine of creation ex nihilo is not found anywhere in the
Bible. The academic consensus is that it is a creation of 2nd century
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What reasons does the Bible give for why the tribe of Levi was chosen to have the priesthood and temple duties?
What reasons does the Bible give for why the tribe of Levi was chosen to have the priesthood and temple duties?
In Genesis 49:5-7 when Jacob was telling his children what will happen to them, he told ...
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Was the Garden of Eden created on the third or sixth day of Creation?
I am having serious problems interpreting this passage from Genesis involving the Garden of Eden.
According to Genesis 2:8-17, where the creation of the Garden is described, it seems to say that the ...
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Adam and Eve versus ecology [closed]
Estimates vary widely of the minimum viable population for humans to stably reproduce without being subject to significant detrimental effects of inbreeding. Minimum estimates (e.g., for space ...
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Latter Day Saints, Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden
It was pointed out in this answer and this answer that in the book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 2:22-23 it states
And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen, but he would have ...
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What is the Biblical basis for man being created perfect, or for man not being created perfect?
I often hear that man was created perfect.
Yet Genesis 3:7 says that "they knew that they were naked." Additionally, Genesis 2:25 says they were "naked yet not ashamed."
Also, Genesis 2:18 says ...
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What particular action that is in excess to God's Permissive Will did Satan commit in the Garden of Eden?
Reading God's judgement on Adam & Eve and Satan would allow us to see and understand that Satan had done something in excess that merited not just a punishment but a "curse".
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Did God commit injustice by punishing the serpent if the action of the serpent is based on God's providence? (Roman Catholic perspective)
In Genesis 3:14 "The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you ...
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How old is the earth? [duplicate]
Dr. Sarfati, who is with Creation Ministries International, says the earth is about 6,000 years old according to the Bible and the scientific evidence supports this age (see: How old is the earth?).
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