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There are no answers in Genesis
RE: There are no answers in Genesis
Here's where we go when we take the stories as Metaphor.

Adam and Eve and the Fall
  • Didn't really happen.  We are evolved animals, and never were or could be perfect.  Our intelligence lets us be moral creatures, however, with the capacity for both good and evil.
OT God judging, killing, and ordering killing
  • Didn't really happen.  The OT people thought of their God as the cause of all things, good and bad, and they created stories to justify in their minds how bad events were really punishment.
Abraham and the Covenant
  • Didn't really happen.  The idea that he "told" someone to kill his son is evidence of mental illness, not righteousness.  God didn't actively protect Abraham's descendants above other tribes in the world.
Jesus as Demigod
  • God didn't actually make a half-divine half-human baby (like the Greek gods of myth).  Jesus isn't God (if Jesus existed as described at all).  Jesus just had better insight into God than others.
Jesus as Atonement for Original Sin
  • There was no original sin, though it is clear we aren't perfect.  Substitution blood magic makes no sense.  Belief isn't a magic spell that saves.  The story of Jesus' death is just a way of grabbing out attention so that we'll be as good as Jesus was.  Jesus was just showing a way to heaven for good people.
If one follows this line, then all "good" people get to heaven, and something like Buddhist practice makes way more sense than Christianity, as it teaches a way to let go of the world and the attachments that make us do bad things.

If Genesis is just a story, then so is the divinity of Jesus, and the magic stuff that supposedly happened on the cross.  That at best neuters Christianity.  At worst, it makes it irrelevant.
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There are no answers in Genesis - by LinuxGal - November 20, 2022 at 12:56 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ahriman - November 20, 2022 at 12:59 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 20, 2022 at 1:57 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 20, 2022 at 3:48 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Mister Agenda - November 21, 2022 at 1:56 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 20, 2022 at 1:06 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - November 20, 2022 at 1:09 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 20, 2022 at 3:27 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Gwaithmir - November 21, 2022 at 8:46 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ahriman - November 21, 2022 at 9:06 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Gwaithmir - November 23, 2022 at 8:44 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ferrocyanide - March 19, 2023 at 11:57 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - November 21, 2022 at 9:24 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - November 21, 2022 at 9:29 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 21, 2022 at 11:50 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 21, 2022 at 11:32 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ranjr - November 21, 2022 at 1:23 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Neo-Scholastic - November 21, 2022 at 2:10 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 21, 2022 at 2:25 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Neo-Scholastic - November 21, 2022 at 4:56 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 21, 2022 at 5:20 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - November 21, 2022 at 7:13 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 21, 2022 at 7:24 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Neo-Scholastic - November 21, 2022 at 8:29 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 21, 2022 at 9:30 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Fake Messiah - November 22, 2022 at 1:47 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by LinuxGal - November 22, 2022 at 3:01 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 21, 2022 at 3:15 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - November 21, 2022 at 8:25 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 21, 2022 at 8:57 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by LinuxGal - November 21, 2022 at 9:44 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by emjay - November 28, 2022 at 8:20 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - November 28, 2022 at 10:34 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by emjay - November 28, 2022 at 4:35 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - November 28, 2022 at 6:41 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 28, 2022 at 7:20 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Neo-Scholastic - November 29, 2022 at 12:21 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Fake Messiah - November 29, 2022 at 1:06 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - November 29, 2022 at 9:39 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 29, 2022 at 10:23 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - November 29, 2022 at 12:48 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 28, 2022 at 7:40 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by emjay - November 28, 2022 at 7:44 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - November 21, 2022 at 9:01 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Neo-Scholastic - November 21, 2022 at 10:10 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by The Architect Of Fate - November 21, 2022 at 11:00 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by The Grand Nudger - November 22, 2022 at 4:16 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 22, 2022 at 5:52 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by The Grand Nudger - November 27, 2022 at 8:02 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by The Grand Nudger - November 28, 2022 at 11:00 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 28, 2022 at 11:44 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by HappySkeptic - November 28, 2022 at 1:31 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 28, 2022 at 3:58 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 28, 2022 at 1:25 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 28, 2022 at 1:43 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 28, 2022 at 4:04 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 28, 2022 at 4:18 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 28, 2022 at 6:29 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by emjay - November 28, 2022 at 7:59 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - November 28, 2022 at 9:30 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by emjay - November 29, 2022 at 8:01 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - November 29, 2022 at 8:33 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - November 29, 2022 at 8:40 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - November 29, 2022 at 9:02 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 29, 2022 at 11:18 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 30, 2022 at 3:17 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 30, 2022 at 3:21 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - November 28, 2022 at 8:40 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 29, 2022 at 12:55 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by emjay - November 29, 2022 at 10:48 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - November 30, 2022 at 12:03 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by emjay - November 30, 2022 at 5:46 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - November 30, 2022 at 6:29 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 30, 2022 at 2:59 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Mister Agenda - November 30, 2022 at 11:52 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - November 30, 2022 at 4:19 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - November 30, 2022 at 4:20 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Mister Agenda - December 2, 2022 at 9:00 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by emjay - December 2, 2022 at 1:24 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ranjr - November 30, 2022 at 3:25 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - November 30, 2022 at 5:23 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 30, 2022 at 9:00 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ranjr - November 30, 2022 at 6:13 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Neo-Scholastic - November 30, 2022 at 9:09 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - November 30, 2022 at 9:15 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - November 30, 2022 at 9:18 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 1, 2022 at 1:14 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by HappySkeptic - November 30, 2022 at 9:16 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Neo-Scholastic - November 30, 2022 at 9:24 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Neo-Scholastic - November 30, 2022 at 10:28 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - November 30, 2022 at 11:59 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - December 1, 2022 at 12:50 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - December 1, 2022 at 12:54 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Deesse23 - December 1, 2022 at 3:19 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 1, 2022 at 10:28 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Deesse23 - December 1, 2022 at 11:38 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 1, 2022 at 11:58 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Mister Agenda - December 1, 2022 at 7:23 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - December 2, 2022 at 8:25 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by The Architect Of Fate - November 30, 2022 at 11:05 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - December 1, 2022 at 12:54 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 1, 2022 at 9:16 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ranjr - December 1, 2022 at 10:11 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 1, 2022 at 10:35 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ranjr - December 1, 2022 at 10:56 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 1, 2022 at 11:51 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ranjr - December 1, 2022 at 1:31 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 1, 2022 at 11:01 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - December 1, 2022 at 11:49 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Fake Messiah - December 1, 2022 at 11:56 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - December 1, 2022 at 12:02 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 1, 2022 at 12:49 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 1, 2022 at 1:42 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - December 1, 2022 at 2:55 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 1, 2022 at 11:54 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by brewer - December 1, 2022 at 11:59 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 1, 2022 at 12:19 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - December 1, 2022 at 12:25 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 1, 2022 at 12:40 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by brewer - December 1, 2022 at 7:26 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ranjr - December 1, 2022 at 1:17 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by HappySkeptic - December 1, 2022 at 1:21 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - December 1, 2022 at 1:39 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Neo-Scholastic - December 1, 2022 at 2:23 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - December 1, 2022 at 2:33 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 1, 2022 at 3:53 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - December 1, 2022 at 5:27 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ranjr - December 1, 2022 at 2:49 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - December 2, 2022 at 11:02 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 2, 2022 at 11:26 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - December 2, 2022 at 11:52 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 2, 2022 at 2:10 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - December 2, 2022 at 2:38 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by The Grand Nudger - December 2, 2022 at 11:36 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - December 2, 2022 at 2:51 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - December 2, 2022 at 2:54 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 2, 2022 at 3:01 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - December 2, 2022 at 10:11 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - December 2, 2022 at 10:57 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by LinuxGal - December 5, 2022 at 9:06 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - December 5, 2022 at 10:32 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Mister Agenda - December 6, 2022 at 10:31 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - December 5, 2022 at 12:41 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - December 5, 2022 at 6:59 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 5, 2022 at 9:46 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ahriman - December 5, 2022 at 9:51 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 5, 2022 at 10:07 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ahriman - December 5, 2022 at 10:16 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 5, 2022 at 10:19 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ahriman - December 5, 2022 at 10:24 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 5, 2022 at 10:33 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ahriman - December 5, 2022 at 10:35 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 5, 2022 at 11:04 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by brewer - December 5, 2022 at 11:14 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ahriman - December 5, 2022 at 11:28 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Fake Messiah - December 5, 2022 at 1:03 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - December 5, 2022 at 1:22 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by h4ym4n - December 5, 2022 at 2:51 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - December 5, 2022 at 3:02 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by LinuxGal - December 5, 2022 at 10:46 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by brewer - December 5, 2022 at 4:14 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Anomalocaris - December 5, 2022 at 1:54 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 7, 2022 at 9:24 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - December 7, 2022 at 10:53 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by The Grand Nudger - December 8, 2022 at 1:29 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Fake Messiah - December 8, 2022 at 2:21 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 8, 2022 at 5:53 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - December 8, 2022 at 7:20 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 8, 2022 at 7:03 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ranjr - December 8, 2022 at 10:36 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 8, 2022 at 4:37 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 8, 2022 at 5:06 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 8, 2022 at 5:35 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 8, 2022 at 6:01 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 8, 2022 at 7:08 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 8, 2022 at 7:34 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 8, 2022 at 7:55 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 9, 2022 at 12:16 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 8, 2022 at 5:39 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 8, 2022 at 5:53 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 8, 2022 at 7:31 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 8, 2022 at 10:07 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 9, 2022 at 12:19 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by The Grand Nudger - December 9, 2022 at 3:10 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 9, 2022 at 4:05 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 9, 2022 at 4:07 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by The Grand Nudger - December 9, 2022 at 4:07 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 9, 2022 at 4:21 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 9, 2022 at 8:20 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Fake Messiah - December 9, 2022 at 10:10 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by LinuxGal - December 9, 2022 at 10:43 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 9, 2022 at 10:51 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by LinuxGal - December 9, 2022 at 11:39 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 10, 2022 at 12:05 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 10, 2022 at 1:57 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Angrboda - December 9, 2022 at 4:22 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by The Grand Nudger - December 9, 2022 at 4:22 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 9, 2022 at 5:13 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 9, 2022 at 5:37 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 10, 2022 at 2:48 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 10, 2022 at 2:53 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 10, 2022 at 4:34 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 10, 2022 at 4:45 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 10, 2022 at 5:05 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by LinuxGal - December 29, 2022 at 5:44 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - December 10, 2022 at 5:11 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 10, 2022 at 7:43 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 10, 2022 at 9:22 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Jehanne - December 10, 2022 at 10:01 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Neo-Scholastic - March 23, 2023 at 10:37 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Belacqua - March 24, 2023 at 5:15 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by arewethereyet - March 24, 2023 at 5:51 am
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Ferrocyanide - March 24, 2023 at 7:34 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by Lek - December 11, 2022 at 4:39 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by The Architect Of Fate - December 11, 2022 at 11:00 pm
RE: There are no answers in Genesis - by LinuxGal - December 13, 2022 at 9:24 pm

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