I’m one of the backward fellows out there who reads Genesis as the story of how we got here, and not in any mythic sense. So for me its authority is not in question. But what if Genesis were a deliberately invented story designed to echo previous Babylonian or other ancient sources in such a way as to communicate uniquely Israelite theology in narrative form? Would the text still then have authority? Our brethren at AIG would say that such a position would lead the whole Bible’s truth to topple over. But I, and Mr. Dr. Matthew Flannagan, believe that whether or not such a “mythical” view of Genesis happens to be true, it’s not incompatible with a full belief in biblical inspiration and inerrancy.
on genesis as myth
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Agreed. And it’s Dr Matthew Flannagan.
Good catch. I wasn’t certain whether he was merely in the process of doctorifying or whether he was fully doctored. I’ll change it.