10th January 2016 

Pilgrims on the journey. Genesis 1: 26 31, 2:8, 2:15 – 3:24. Banished. The Genesis account like John’s Gospel begins with the claim: In the beginning... The Genesis account probably written about 1400 BC explained not as scientific text but as in the genre of myth – much more than an allegory but also a philosophical and symbolic explanation of human banishment from the presence of God. This estrangement is also the beginning of God calling people on a journey home. A purely scientific explanation of the universe is unable to answer all the questions we have. That doesn’t rule out its usefulness but it is not enough.

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