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My view:
--God gave the facts to Adam.
--God preserved a faithful and accurate transmission for those who hoped in him. And others were allowed to corrupt their versions of the same history, even as their religions and selfishness took them away from God.
--Moses had both historic knowledge (oral or written), as well as divine direction and guidance to both preserve and/or correct errors.
As for mattering, I think it does. I think God cares about facts and accuracy. I think he cares that we know what happened and how, at least in a elementary fashion. Did God have to give an account that was "dumbed down" for people who were not as "advanced" in intelligence as we wonderful people? He certainly gave one that flies in the face of many what/how assumptions, both ancient and modern.
__________________ Rev. Bruce G. Buchanan
ChainOLakes Presbyterian Church, CentralLake, MI Made both Lord and Christ--Jesus, the Destroyer
Acts 2:36 - 1 Cor. 10:9-10 & 15:22-26 - Hebrews 2:9-15 - 1 John 3:8 - James 4:12
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