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AwfulUsername123 t1_iwluosd wrote

Reply to comment by anthony_is_ in Defending myth as truth - The Garden of Eden — The Unconscious Self and a Moral World by Melodic_Antelope6490

> the literal-materialist interpretation that 19th-20th century fundamentalists have applied to it did not exist until fairly recently.

The Hebrew Calendar is based on a literal reading of the story.

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codyd91 t1_iwmbt49 wrote

And why not? People out here saying it's allegory, which is kinda fckin rude to say about a culture's creation myth. Pretty sure Genesis is just the Jewish story of creation.

Interpretation is how we get Christian absurdities like Satan in the Garden. It's just a snake.

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