How can a book that is so widely read, studied, analyzed and discussed be so universally misinterpreted? When people say "The Bible" says they don't even realize that there are two parts to the Bible and the part that is used as justification for what they claim the other part says does not say what they believe it says.
I am not blaming anyone because I did not see it either. But I see it now. Most people believe that the first chapter of Genesis was written to prove that God created the world. That sounds reasonable based on how it begins: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." But they fail to see that if that was the reason why that chapter was written, chapter two would not have been included in the book as well.
Because they assume a false purpose for the chapter they have not taken the time to figure out the real purpose why the chapter was placed in the book of Genesis.
In short, that chapter was written along with chapter 2, 3 and 4 to explain why humans do all the inhumane things that they do. The way it is written it also provides the way to get rid of them, and it has nothing to do with religion.
I can understand why believers would miss that. They like the idea of fallen man being rescued by God. I don't understand how skeptics and non-believers could miss it
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