The Barbarian
Crabby Old White Guy
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But that's not what God said. He said Adam would die the day he ate from that tree. So that's what we have to go with. And Adam lived on physically for many years thereafter. If God tells the truth, the death was not a physical one.
How would you convert that to a figurative story?
Words mean things. If you start deciding that you don't believe what the Bible says, when is that going to stop?If we completely ignore the historical context and insist on reading it with modern eyes, maybe.
How would you convert that to a figurative story?
But that's not what God said, is it? He said Adam would die the day he ate from the tree, not that he would cease to be immortal. In fact, the Bible never says that Adam was ever immortal. Indeed, God expresses concern that he might become so, and makes sure that it couldn't happen.Adam died the day that he ate of the tree because God ceased sustaining his life, so he was immediately stripped of immortality and his mortality was guaranteed.
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