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Re:Opinion: Another species of hominin may still be alive by blenderdt on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @07:33AM (#31081781)
Why can't both be correct? Genesis 2 puts them first because they are the most important creation, Genesis 1 puts them in chronological order.

If one of them was not correct nobody would have put them in the same bible.

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Re:Opinion: Another species of hominin may still be alive by mcv on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @08:47AM (#31082368)
> If one of them was not correct nobody would have put them in the same bible.

Focusing on "correct" is the wrong approach to reading these old mythological parts of the Bible. People put these stories in the Bible because of their story and meaning, not because of any kind of historical correctness. (Because how could they know?)

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Re:Opinion: Another species of hominin may still be alive by MisterBastahrd on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @12:57PM (#31085723)
Neither of them are correct. Genesis is a synthesis of the mythology of the region. The meaning is vastly more important than the message.
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