Everything in Genesis is allegory. Even if some of the persons actually existed, they are described in totally allegorical terms. And Genesis was written more than a thousand years after the incidents supposedly occurred. Certainly, some of the stories were passed down through time, but the meaning which they are given is determined in the final write-up. Furthermore, there would be no relevance to the stories besides the metaphorical meaning. History has little relevance beyond the lessons learned from it.

Creation.

Genesis describes the creation of matter. It does not describe the creation of the spirit world or spiritual beings. The creation of matter is broken down into six events for no other purpose than forming the basis of a seven day calendar week. Other than that, there is no logic to using six events in the description. There are no logical relationships between the events.

One of the purposes was to stabilize the most rudimentary facts: the fact that God created the material world and biological life, and that the result was constructive and good. The simplest facts demystify a subject and block out unlimited contrivances which move in other directions.

There was no real time element involved in the Genesis story of creation. Therefore, it says nothing about evolution.

The fact is, everyone with spirit powers got involved in biological evolution. Satan created the insects and diseases. But still, biological evolution can be attributed to God in a general sense, because he had to put the basics in place, before others could influence the results. While idiots were trying to create the biggest and most successful dinosaurs, God was putting in place the foundations of modern plants and animals, and in such an inconspicuous manner that scientists hadn't, until recently, seen the evidence, which ran back tens of millions of years before the dinosaurs went extinct. Flowering plants and tiny shrew-like mammals were in place as predecessors to modern biology by the time dinosaurs disappeared. Such a stroke of supposed luck required a plan for modern life.

The Fall of Adam and Eve.

Usually, the fall of Adam and Eve is referred to as the fall of man. It has nothing to do with most people, so it is not the fall of man. Early in the history of the church structure of Christianity, it was decided that a concept of original sin would be attributed to the fall of Adam and Eve and used to paint all of mankind. There is no logic to the concept of original sin in a literal sense. But it got past the critics and power of truth, because there is a metaphorical half-truth to it. There was some sin which began way back in an ancient spirit world, and original sin is a substitute method of pointing out that fact. The whole truth could not be developed at that time, and the half-truth was an accepted substitute.

Therefore, there are two subjects involved with the fall of Adam and Eve: the origins of sin and eating the forbidden fruit. Sin began something like ten billion years ago in an ancient spirit world. Universes continually cycle between sin being overcome and sin redeveloping. Sin always begins as the stupid assumption that domination would solve one's own problems, as described on other web pages.

The early Christian church decided not to describe the cyclic nature of universes and therefore needed some other explanation for where sin came from. The concept of original sin was a temporary fix. It clarified the fact that people bring sin with them into life without explaining the cyclic nature of the universe.

The fall of Adam and Eve is a totally different subject. It explains spirit cannibalism. Not all humans are spirit cannibals, and therefore, the fall of Adam and Eve does not pertain to everyone.

Spirit cannibalism was described very explicitly in the story of Adam and Eve. If they ate the forbidden fruit from the tree in the center of the garden (the tree of knowledge of good and evil), their eyes would be opened, but they would surely die because of it. The serpent who tempted them, satan, knew all about it, because he was a spirit cannibal.

Christ said, "it is the spirit which gives life, the flesh is useless" (John 6:63). This means the tree which gives knowledge is not made of wood; it is made of spirit substance. Eating from it is eating spirit substance from the mind. Doing so opens eyes by creating pervasive perception. All types of heterogeneous spirit substance create pervasive perception, which includes the ability to look forward and backward in time.

Spirit cannibalism was not the first sin. Stealing spirit substance began long after sin developed, as corrupters needed a stronger drug. Therefore, the story of Adam and Eve does not describe the first sin. That part of Genesis describes nothing other than spirit cannibalism.

Abraham Starts God's Religion.

Religion existed in the human society for thousands of years before Abraham. But at that time, the source of religion was the demons, not God. You might wonder why God didn't beat the demons to the draw. No one beats the demons to the draw, because they don't play fair. They push their way into everything and take over processes through force and violence. In response to this, the moral world either waits for the demons to burn themselves out or develops results through a slow process of evolution which the demons cannot subdue. Often both occur, as with God's religion.

One of the primary purposes of Genesis is to portray the state of religion and society at the time God started his religion. It shows that there was a terrible lack of moral direction and purpose to life, when Abraham was called. One of the most dramatic examples was Abraham's assumption that the God who called him would want him to sacrifice his only son.

Sacrifice was the religion of the demons for thousands of years. It was a method of testing and solidifying allegiance to the demons through sinful acts. It was a forgone conclusion of humans that a god was someone who would show his divinity by placing demands upon humans which were beyond anything humans could require, and the test was based on a degree of repulsiveness which separated humans from gods. In the most remote and primitive places, people would have to sacrifice their children to the demons to assure success in life or prevent tragedies. In more civilized areas, some truth would dampen the requirements to more trivial sacrifices.

There was nothing about sacrificing that God the creator and promoter of morality had the slightest use for. But weaning people away from sacrifice could not be done in a rapid manner. Over time, God directly said sacrifice is not what he wanted (Isaiah 1:11-20)(Jer 7:22)(Hosea 6:6)(Psalms 40:7, 50:8-15)(Mat 9:13, 12:7)(Mark 12:33). And still, the sacrificing went on. Paul claimed it was the purpose of Christ's crucifixion, in contradiction to everything Christ taught.