we can say for sure is that it did not happen there.[/quote]
Forget the words God willed for a second. You've forgotten that his first will (the universe) is returning an explanation that we now call evolution. Assuming we're not being deceived, this dictates that God's words are allegorical.
Sorry - but until YOU can prove the existence of a god - to have willed anything - the words of the bible were written by HUMANS - and they are simply an example of ancient myth and legends of the people of the time.
TO claim that the bible is allegory - then calls every word in the bible into question - is the story of the christ an allegory - since there is NO mention of him in the historical record of his supposed time?
Once you have called into question any part of the bible - then the rest must be proven with sources from outside the bible - since the bible CANNOT be claimed to be the inerrant word of a god if you agree it is an allegory
AND - it is indeed possible to look at the bible - and provide a list of claims about the GODS (THere are many more than just the three xtian ones) in the bible - and know that they cannot ALL be true for the same being.
Forget the words God willed for a second. You've forgotten that his first will (the universe) is returning an explanation that we now call evolution. Assuming we're not being deceived, this dictates that God's words are allegorical.
Sorry - but until YOU can prove the existence of a god - to have willed anything - the words of the bible were written by HUMANS - and they are simply an example of ancient myth and legends of the people of the time.
TO claim that the bible is allegory - then calls every word in the bible into question - is the story of the christ an allegory - since there is NO mention of him in the historical record of his supposed time?
Once you have called into question any part of the bible - then the rest must be proven with sources from outside the bible - since the bible CANNOT be claimed to be the inerrant word of a god if you agree it is an allegory
AND - it is indeed possible to look at the bible - and provide a list of claims about the GODS (THere are many more than just the three xtian ones) in the bible - and know that they cannot ALL be true for the same being.