Theology Based On An Allegorical Genesis

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I have a question, why do you need this to work as an allegory?

I was just thinking the other day how all of this plays out for those who don't believe the Bible literally. I want to know if there's actually any merit in the "allegorical" approach.

The answer (if one ever fully materialises) was going to tie in with a bigger argument I was thinking about that same day -- an argument which at the moment I can't remember unfortunately. But either way, this thread is an end in itself I suppose.

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So Cain and Abel?

After Cain killed Abel Eve bore Seth, and genesis goes on to mention an unspecified amount of children in the 900 some odd years Adam lived a mortal life..

Right, I see.

On a bit of a tangent, what's your belief on the formation of the universe with respect to Genesis? Did the Big Bang happen or w/e and then matter clumped up etc. until we arrived at what we have today, or did God create the universe basically as is today (i.e. as outlined in Genesis with a literal understanding)? This will help me understand why you believe your theory of creation to be logical.