Absurdity Quote by Thomas Paine

“When I saw that Moses’ version of the Genesis of the world did not fit sufficiently in many ways with Aristotle and the rest…

— Gerardus Mercator

Creation stories had never been regarded as historically accurate; their purpose was therapeutic. But once you start reading Genesis as scientifically valid, you have…

— Karen Armstrong

“The story of Genesis is the symbolic story of the making of the world and bodies by the unconscious mind for reasons you are…

— Gary R. Renard

“This is extremely significant. Knowing something of when the Pentateuch came to be, even generally, affects our understanding of why it was produced in…

— Peter Enns

The biblical story of Noah can be found in the book of Genesis.

— Noah

So little have thee first Christians (who despoiled the Jews of their Bible) understood the first four chapters of Genesis in their esoteric meaning,…

— H. P. Blavatsky

The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about God.

— Adam Hamilton

“This was the scientific age, and people wanted to believe that their traditions were in line with the new era, but this was impossible…

— Karen Armstrong

The argument that the literal story of Genesis can qualify as science collapses on three major grounds: the creationists' need to invoke miracles in…

— Stephen Jay Gould

My high school science teacher once told me that much of Genesis is false. But since my high school teacher did not prove he…

— Andy Stanley

With the history of Moses no book in the world, in point of antiquity, can contend.

— John Tillotson

“Oh but you wouldn’t believe, This book is the fruit of knowledge from Eden; It was written once by Adam and Eve, After it…

— Stephan Attia