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@moonbus saidAnd you know this how exactly?
The story of Adam and Eve in the Garden cannot be taken literally, as a historical account of what really happened to mankind. It’s an allegory about growing up. A child lives in a kind of paradise for a certain period, during which everything is provided by the parents, and whatever the parents say has, from the child’s point of view., the force of law. At some point, the ...[text shortened]... ing the parental home and protection of parental laws is experienced not as loss, but as liberation.
@dj2becker saidWhat do you mean "disproves Adam and Eve"? I did not intend to "disprove" anything. I provided a perfectly believable, plausible, rational, and sensible interpretation of it, thereby rescuing it from being dismissed as nothing but superstitious bunk (as some other posters would no doubt do).
What hard evidence is there that does not involve filling the gaps that disproves Adam and Eve?
What evidence is there? Genetics. Evolution happened; it's not 'just a theory.' H. saps did not evolve from only one woman and only one man. Furthermore, all life did not appear fully formed from nothing on one day about 6,000 years ago. The evidence for this is overwhelming. If some Christians find that insulting or an affront to their faith, my answer is: they need a reality check.
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@eladar saidLet me ask a straightforward question, on the level, no tricks, and I'm not trying to trap you into saying something stupid. Have you ever read The Book of Mormon?
@moonbus
No need to keep repeating your beliefs. Christians find it as putting off as a Bible thumper would sound to you.
@eladar saidI read the whole thing. If that is what they believe, then I know what they believe.
@moonbus
Parts and those parts were enough. Do you know what Mormons believe?
Now, what I want to ask you is this: do you believe that Joseph Smith really found golden tablets under a rock in NY? That they were inscribed in an unknown language. That an angel named Moroni taught him to translate it into English. And that the words were God's. Do you think any of that is true? Or do you think Smith made it up?
@eladar saidNo, please link.
@moonbus
I think that Joseph Smith could have been visited by an angel in white.
Have you read what I wrote in the mormon vs bible thread?
BTW, I believe I read somewhere that they have recently announced that they are to be referred to as Seventh Day Adventists, no longer as Mormons.
@moonbus
No, the Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA) are a whole different bunch than the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). Practically none of their dogma is similar at all.
About the only thing they have in common is being 'out-of-the-mainstream' of Christianity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints
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@eladar saidPerhaps it's because you are always so abjectly defensive.
Lol I already thanked you for correcting us. Not sure why you need to be so attacking.
You do realize posts can be written at nearly the same time and 'cross', yes?
And I answered both of you. Don't really see this 'attacking' you're talking about.