>Um ACKSHUALLY it’s all an allegory chud .Why do modern Christians use this to defend the Book of Genesis being ahistorical when they would have been branded as a heretic in the Middle Ages for saying this.Historically the vast majority of Christians including all of the church fathers believed that the events of Genesis happened as literally described and that the earth was only a few thousand years old. Hell, Jesus himself spoke of the events described in Genesis as if they were historical events. They might have all believed the story had a deeper meaning, but they still believed it was recording a historical event. Augustine straight-up claimed that Egyptian pagans were frauds purely because they believed the earth was older than just a few thousand years (and with modern science we know the Egyptian pagans were right about the age of the earth, not Augustine).Even if we accept the allegory explanation as true, then what is it all an allegory for? What did Jesus die for if Adam and Eve eating the apple didn’t happen?
>Why do modern Christians use this to defend the Book of Genesis being ahistorical when they would have been branded as a heretic in the Middle Ages for saying this.Augustine considering Genesis largely allegorical far before medieval times.
Genesis is literally true, I trust God’s word.>>18404368Why are you lying? He believed the creation narrative was symbolic because he didn’t understand how it would take God 6 days to create the world. The difference between Augustine and Ken Ham is Augustine believed the world was 5 days younger.
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>>18404401>The difference between Augustine and Ken Ham is Augustine believed the world was 5 days younger.Stealing this line
>>18404401>Ken HamWho?
My understanding is they believed the days of Creation were ages rather than literal 24 hour periods.
