Are there any Christians who believe that the Adam and Eve story was a fiction tale that teaches morals?
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There are certainly some who CLAIM to be Christians and believe that nonsense about Adam and Eve being nothing more than a myth. And I would concede that a few people who really ARE Cristians believe it, but only because they are uneducated in the Bible, and/or have swallowed a lot of lies about the (so-called) science behind the evolutionary myth.\nhttp://www.drdino.com
1177685
No, it's a horrible book. It's definitely a bad book to get your morals from, it's not truth, it's horribly written fiction... the only reason to read the Bible is if you're looking to become an atheist!
65585
adam and eve although i must admit most of the time the adam and steves are pretty funny. The bible teaches us the eve not the steve.
624700
The term "in his image" means not what he looks like (god) but what he imagined man to look like. Yes Man did exist outside of Eden.  "Cain then traveled to the land of Nod and there he knew his wife".  Only the decendants of Adam and Eve are cursed.  Since there were those outside of Eden they are without sin.  God did not flood the entire earth, in fact it was the river Nile that had flooded and washed away those in the local area.  Otherwise how would you account for the pacific civilizations.  The bible is full of metaphores.  You must take the stories and see beyond the words to see what little truth is left in them.  The original bible had over 100 books in it.  It got whittled down to what we recognize today, by different Popes, Bishops, and Kings taking out what they thought didn't fit the story.  Gutenburg was the first to put it all together.  Also consider these stories have been handed down for many centuries and in so the translations became blurry.  By the way I am not a Christian but a Witch, I take the time to study other belief systems so I can better understand my brothers and sisters.
714271
I believe that you can have morals and ethics without religion. For the record true christians live what the bible says theres no justifing it at all The church i go has taught me its not about religion at all it's about a personal relationship with  God and and allowing him to come in and take our mess that we created in return of something wonderful it's all about faith. I know people who are wickian and have morals.
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No I don't, I am Christian and I consider it a moral guide with some truths and a good book, but it isn't the end all to end all. I consider myself Christian because I follow many of Christ teachings and lets face it I was raised to be so. Nature vs. nurture, what can I say? Oh and you don't have to follow the Bible to follow what Christ taught, even he was against being ruled by laws.  I love God, not the Bible, if I did I would be a follower of books not of Christ. Ever wonder why Jesus never wrote about himself? Think on that for awhile. Like the bible says we are all Gods. Follow your heart not a book.
536772
A speaker from the "freedom from religion" foundation spoke at my college a few years ago.  He proposed that, because it is more logical to believe God is fiction, but less heartwarming, maybe God will only reward those who have the courage NOT to believe in Him.
1029491
Ah, good old Pulp Fiction... when Samuel L Jackson is about to kill someone he would recite this.\nAnd yes... I am a Christian and I know the Bible very well.
1083745
Yes. \n\nBut you are the one that needs to learn how to read. \n\nThe literary form is when in a story a person tells a story to make a point. Like jesus telling about a 10 maidens .... The story about Jonah is not told that way.\n\nThat non the less this is about morality you may be right but a parable it is not.
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its funny how a fictional story can shake there beliefs so much. \n]\nmy guess is they are not really secure in there beliefs.
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Yes to both.\n\n1.  Da Vinci Code is fiction with SOME (not many) historical truths.  It is an irrelevant text to your second question.\n\n2.  There is a plan to dilute the foundation of Christian beliefs.  It's called reason.
569893
Yes, I support this view.\n\nI think all the religious texts have some wisdom in them, but you can't take them literally.  Some bits were written just for that time and aren't applicable, some are true bits of wisdom that stand the test of time.  However all to me is just nice stories to tell a message/moral, not history.
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It's entirely up to you. \nThere is no absolute proof; therefore, whether the bible is true or false is merely an opinion. \n\nI, however, believe it is mainly fiction. If you compare Christianity to other religions, such as Buddhism, although many Christians are too close-minded to do this, you will see broad comparisons between the messages trying to be conveyed. Buddhism provides guidelines to live by, ways to live in self-actualization. The bible does the same in a different method. The ideas in the bible are hidden; they are dressed in a story as though it's needed to be interesting to be convincable. \n\nI personally take most books in the bible as a story with hidden symbolism. Many people take these stories more seriously; they refer to them as though they were there and that there is no other way. \n\nAs long as you are open to other's beliefs it doesn't matter whether you think the bible is a lie or it is the word of god. Just respect that, although some are placed in a seperate religion stereotype, we are all human and our beliefs are our individuality.
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Some people take the Bible literally. These people are called fundamentalists. But other Christians see much metaphor in the Bible and story-telling that contains a moral point to it. I possess no doctorate degree in theology, but it shows how much Noah cared not just for his family he was saving but wanted to save the animals from God's wrath as well. It shows his compassion. That's one of the things you get out of the story of Noah and his ark, but there are many more lessons to be learned from that story too besides that one.\n\nAlso, it should be noted that if an interesting story with a moral point to it in the Bible can be proved to not have happened it does not prove that therefore there is no God.
996478
Well, there are just so many different interpretations of the Bible.  Some people believe that Adam and Eve actually existed.  Some people believe that Adam and Eve was just a symbolic story -- that the universe really did begin with the Big Bang or however further back scientists can go.  Some believe that the entire Bible, even with all the contradictions, is literally true.  Some believe that the entire Bible should be interpretted contextually.  The main reason that there are so many Christian faiths is that the first of them, Catholicism, came up with many traditions to go along with Christ's teachings, like the idea that Christ himself is present in the Eucharist at mass, or that only men should be priests.  These things were just developed over time -- never mentioned in the Bible, so like I said, there are many interpretations.
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My source of morality growing up (and up until Pangel helped me to see things differently) has been what was drilled into my head by very conservative Christianity, as it relates to the Bible.  I'd probably consider it my church teachings first, ego second, Bible third, and fear of damnation fourth.\n\nNow, however, I still consider myself a Christian, but I would call human decency first, and the Bible second (interpretted very differently than before).  They practically go hand in hand.  I now interpret the Bible based on the world I see around me.  How do the teachings of the Bible fit with the observations I see in my day-to-day life?\n\nGod bless!
485805
Not explicitly. But many Christians take the liberty to give a compatible meaning to the Creation story. When God made the animals of the earth in one day...some say that that includes dinosaurs and that one day in "God's time" is symbolic for a period of time that's extraordinarly long in human terms.\n\nThen again, I've also heard people who dismiss the whole dinosaur discovery thing as something the devil planted in the ground to shake people's faith.