Assertion: genesis | /r/HasProperty | literal
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text: Considering this is not a problem anywhere else in Genesis (much less the other historical books of the Bible), it leads one to believe that there is not a real distinction here either, and that the earlier commentators were right: Genesis is both literal and symbolic.
text: In light of all these points, how is it possible that some modern interpreters want to deny that Genesis 1 is literal history?
text: From the transcendence of God, to the consequences of moral choices for the created order, to the realistic presentation of people and events, there are an overwhelming number of indicators, both within the early chapters and within other parts of the Bible, that Genesis is a literal account of history.