N.T. Wright on Adam and Eve

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Bishop of Durham and leading New Testament scholar N.T. Wright offers his thoughts on how we should read the first two chapters of Genesis, and why myth does not mean the same thing as "not true".

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[pastorcat2]

Yep. "I know the real thrust of the narrative and its not what you think so why don't you get smart and agree with me that Genesis doesn't mean what it appears to mean. Instead it means something that me and hundreds of others with differing opinions of what it means says it means!" We just know that it can't mean that so it has to mean something other than what it appears to mean!

[thxoneonethree8]

Orionthetreeoflife at blogspot

[TheMarathonomahos]

What Tom fails to tell us in all these videos is that literal, or more accurately letteralist interpretation was never used until the 19th Century. An interpretation which is most readily understood in the USA

[92xtaylor]

@EGMAG Only fundamental Christians take the story of creation to be an actual event. Well, that might not be entirely true but a lot of notable Christians believe in a old earth and don't take evolution to contradict Christian belief. Some of the notable ones are William Lane Craig, Alvin Plantinga, John Leenox, as well as St Augastine back before science found out about the earths age as well as evolution. :P

[alastairblakepeters]

@EGMAG oh, you might find this list interesting, of christians who dont think the earth has to be 6000 years old.

"Notable Christians Open to an Old-universe, Old-earth Perspective" first hit on google.

a current favorite of mine is John Lennox.

[alastairblakepeters]

@EGMAG I dont. I think its millions or billions.

[EGMAG]

@alastairblakepeters

Well how do explain the universe being 6,000 (thousand) years old?

[alastairblakepeters]

@EGMAG then id like to say its NOT the most confusing book.

[alastairblakepeters]

I have heard Ravi Zacharias talk about Genesis before, and Adam and Eve's choices. He was talking about them deciding to play God themselves. to.... essentially begin deciding what they thought was right or wrong, instead of going with God. forgive me if i am misrepresenting, but when i heard him, he seemed to be saying some things I had not heard before when talking about Adam and Eve's sin.

[EGMAG]

@alastairblakepeters more confusing writings? <<

Lot n lots. Like sHitlers mein kampf, the quran, turner diaries and others.