Why the Bible? (Religion)

by dhw, Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 11:12 (5706 days ago) @ David Turell

David refers us to a recent translation of the first 11 chapters of Genesis by Judah Landa. "His purpose was to allow fundamentalist Christians and Jews to continue to accept the Bible as the Word of God and not in conflict with current accepted science." - By coincidence, here is a snippet from today's Guardian: "Announcing a conference next year on the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species, the Vatican said yesterday that evolution was compatible with the Bible." The article concludes: "The church does not read Genesis literally, saying it is an allegory for how God created the world." - If I may quote David Garrick, who was also prone to making dramatic announcements: "Wonders will never cease."