Geneis as myth

             In the book, Genesis As Myth, by Edmund Leach. He
             stated that everybody had different views on myth's in Genesis.
             For example German theologian who defined myth as the
             "expression of unobservable realities in terms of observable
             phenomena." This German theologian, who is relating this to
             the devout Christian, which indicates that all sanctimonious
             Christians believe that the bible is strictly a myth. I in the
             other hand disagree to that argument because, the Christians
             believed that the bible was not a myth, and the events that
             happened in the bible are true. My reasoning for that remark
             is, that most Christians were raised to believe that the bible
             was true and we weren't able to argue with it's readings. We
             feel that the importance of the myth is more likely to be less
             probable. This German theologian believed that communica¬
             tion has an important role in myth's throughout the bible. I
             believe that all mythological systems that recur in stories, oc¬
             cur in many different versions. He stated that "man is created
             in Genesis, and then he created all over again. And, as if two
             first men were not enough, we also have Noah in chapter
             eight." A quote from the bible that states "I am the Alpha and
             the Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord." The
             German Theologian says that "God against the world and the
             world itself for ever dividing into opposites on either side: male
             and female, living and dead, good and evil, first and last."
             In a different example Edmund Leach stated that
             "Solomon the wise, the great king, the builder of the temple,
             nevertheless is a sinner in that he loved many strange woman,
             together with the daughter of Pharaoh, woman of the moabites,
             Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians and hittites." Taken as its
             face value, the text of the old testament represents the re
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