An argument against Adam and Eve

[fr0d0]

At what point then may the immaterial have an effect on the material?

Outside of God, our actions inspired by it.

"Purpose is a result, end, mean, aim, or goal of an action intentionally undertaken"

You have proof that this is an intentional undertaking? This is clearly the meaning of purpose which you are advocating. Or have I misread you, and you don't believe this existence to be intentional, and instead prefer some other meaning of purpose?

Sorry I can't find that quote on the page. Which are you talking about.. divine or personal intention??

Religion should be about the non material in my mind, but some people like to mix it up.

Then perhaps religion should stop making claims about the material world. Perhaps the religious should just abandon all of the arguments that hinge upon the material. Like Genesis, Miracles, Vicarious Salvation, Damnation, and Armageddon (off the top of my head), oh that's right, if they did that they wouldn't actually have any sort of traditional christianity whatsoever. I guess they could still call themselves christian though, couldn't they Frodo.

Accurately reading the text, without making it what you want it to mean, Genesis isn't about material creation. None of those things are of interest to science and the material world view. And Christianity hinges on them as metaphysical events. Ignoring the metaphysical is of no interest to Christians, nor the vast majority of other religious observances.