TNHarley
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And again, you quote a guy that got shunned because of his beliefs. Jesus ChristTNHarley the account of Genesis wasn't read allegorically because of science. The account of Genesis is read allegorically because that's how it was intended to be read and that's what was always believed by the Church. Here is the proof.
Origen in his Treatise on First Principles, recommends for the Old and New Testaments to be interpreted allegorically at three levels, the "flesh," the "soul," and the "spirit." He states that many of the events recounted in the Scriptures, if they are interpreted in the literal, or fleshly, sense, are impossible or nonsensical. They must be interpreted allegorically to be understood. Some passages have parts that are literally true and parts that are literally impossible. Then, "the reader must endeavor to grasp the entire meaning, connecting by an intellectual process the account of what is literally impossible with the parts that are not impossible but historically true, these being interpreted allegorically in common with the part which, so far as the letter goes, did not happen at all."[7]
Allegorical interpretation of the Bible - Wikipedia
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Do you have any evidence - besides what your imagination made up - that disputes this? You do know what evidence is, right? Something like a statement by a Church Father that says, Genesis should be read literally?