Reply #29: Traditional Jewish stance [View All]

[Kber]

is that anything prior to Abraham should be not be taken as literally as the rest of the bible. (Talking about the "fundamentalist" Jewish view here.)

We do study the creation myth, not to learn the "blow by blow" events. Rather, the concentration is on the implications of good and evil, free will versus the happiness provided for in the garden on eden, etc. From a religious and ethical point of view, there are serious questions and considerations.