Actually I will agree with him on that idea of Genesis not being literal not destroying the idea of the fall. The ancients did write using symbolism at times and I don't think that the Genesis creation account being non-literal or metaphorical in nature would destroy Christianity at all.
I believe there are more serious issues with the biblical text then just that. If that was the ONLY issue with the Bible it would be a lot more trustworthy. I cannot comment exactly on all of the details of why Genesis would have been non-literal in the first place but there has been some scholarship done on it.
As far as applying logic with creationists so far it has been my experience that logic can do some pretty hefty damage to Christianity. Again I am not quiet about my ideas here at the Christian college and have gotten some people curious if nothing else. Most of the time you don't have to fight unless one or two people are hostile/dogmatic/sensitive about their ideas.
That or people get pissed due to redundancy. For me as long as I don't get pissed at someone in the discussion I will probably be able to keep steering it in a peaceful direction. I haven't always done that but when I do things seem to go a lot better.
I believe there are more serious issues with the biblical text then just that. If that was the ONLY issue with the Bible it would be a lot more trustworthy. I cannot comment exactly on all of the details of why Genesis would have been non-literal in the first place but there has been some scholarship done on it.
As far as applying logic with creationists so far it has been my experience that logic can do some pretty hefty damage to Christianity. Again I am not quiet about my ideas here at the Christian college and have gotten some people curious if nothing else. Most of the time you don't have to fight unless one or two people are hostile/dogmatic/sensitive about their ideas.
That or people get pissed due to redundancy. For me as long as I don't get pissed at someone in the discussion I will probably be able to keep steering it in a peaceful direction. I haven't always done that but when I do things seem to go a lot better.