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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by pyuser583 on Sunday June 13, 2021 @07:41PM (#27497682)
Literal interpretation of Genesis is a fairly recent phenomenon. Fundamentalism is a modern religion.
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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by pdonis on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:10PM (#27505175)
> Literal interpretation of Genesis is a fairly recent phenomenon.

Um, no, it isn't. It's how Genesis was interpreted by most people of the Jewish and Christian religions throughout most of the time since it was written. What is a fairly recent phenomenon is people of those religions not interpreting Genesis (and the Bible in general) literally.

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