Claim CH102.2:
Genesis must be literal because writers of later books of the Bible refer
to it as fact.
Source:
Morris, Henry M., 1974. Scientific Creationism, Green Forest, AR: Master
Books, pp. 244-247.
Response:
- Referring to something as fact does not mean it is fact. Writers often
use metaphors. I have often seen writers refer to the story of blind
men describing an elephant as if it were fact, for example, even though
it is a fictional story.
- Even if the later writers thought what they were referring to was true,
it may not have been. People mistake folklore for fact all the time.
created 2003-6-17
