Christianity is Dead, Long live the rEvolution!

[downbeatplumb]

Ok, I have to tell you that at this stage I am quite disappointed. I put my case forward with references to scholarly articles supporting my point of view. All you can come back with is questions expecting me to do your work for you.

This is what you need to do. Now that I have made my case, you need to make yours. If you have a point to make by asking the questions above (and the others for points 2 & 3) then you need to state your case. I am not going to state it for you.

So, tell me who wrote Genesis and what relevance it has to our discussion.

The point is that you claim that Genesis 1-3 was supposed to be taken literal. To support your claim, you must be able to tell us who wrote it and when. Otherwise it is called an assertion. Because you found someone to make the same assertion does not make it any less of an assertion. 

Assertions don't need to be defeated--only pointed out.

Ok then, I point out that the entire bible is an assertion.
And so I disregard it in its entirety.