How far will you take the literal view of Genesis 1-11?

Which YECists claim to do but don’t!

If that’s all we’re supposed to see in the opening Creation account, then we’ve thrown away all three of its primary messages.

The New does not abolish the meaning of the Old, it adds to it. The meaning of the old rests on the intent of the writer, especially the literary genre and worldview, and how the original audience would have understood it.

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