What Discovery Or Event Do You Think Would Change Christian's Minds About The Bible?

[Deidre]

For them to really accept evolution as it is, not trying to make it fit around the Genesis story. But, accepting it for what it is and that it CONFLICTS with the Genesis story. Typically, only fundamentals cling to Genesis as literal truth, but even if one takes it as a metaphor, it still causes problems for Christians, when it comes to fully accepting evolution as the origin of man. That said, once they let go of Genesis, they will then wish to examine the rest of the nonsense the Bible purports, and the rest will lead them to letting go of Christianity as truth. That's what happened to me, in so many words.

[Neverlandrut]

They have the blinders up. They are so convinced that the bible is god's word that they will always reason that anything which contradicts it must be wrong. They are brought up with the belief that believing things on faith, without evidence, is virtuous. The more you show them evidence which contradicts their faith, the more they feel like they are just in a battle against satan and the powers of this world. It actually lights their fire, and strengthens their belief... except for those of us who actually listened to the voice of reason.

[Neverlandrut]

For them to really accept evolution as it is, not trying to make it fit around the Genesis story. But, accepting it for what it is and that it CONFLICTS with the Genesis story. Typically, only fundamentals cling to Genesis as literal truth, but even if one takes it as a metaphor, it still causes problems for Christians, when it comes to fully accepting evolution as the origin of man. That said, once they let go of Genesis, they will then wish to examine the rest of the nonsense the Bible purports, and the rest will lead them to letting go of Christianity as truth. That's what happened to me, in so many words.

To add to that, one problem a symbolic interpretation of Genesis deals with is the concept of original sin. If Adam's story is symbolic, then Jesus had to die on a cross for a figurative first sin. That doesn't seem plausible.