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ArtieShaw@fedia.io 4 months agoa very literal interpretation
This is literally what Christian fundamentalists believe. If any aspect of the bible is not the literal truth, it all falls apart in their eyes. They are very absolutist.
And it's not just Genesis.
"But translations..."
Hahaha no. It varies by sect but it usually falls under either "our religious founder was guided by God to the true translation" or "The King James version was a work of revelation and it undid all the false translations introduced by the Romans and Greeks."
"But it contradicts itself on key points."
No it doesn't.
"Hey, maybe Lazarus was just in a coma"
Get behind me, Satan.
There is no argument that hasn't been heard and rejected. Disagreement is an attack.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Lazarus was dead, as Jesus is literally God and had the authority to raise Lazarus. That’s not the same thing as applying the human standard of a 24 hour day to the more vague Hebrew word “yom”. There’s no denomination of Christianity that claims their religious founder was guided to the true translation. That sounds more like a splitoff religion such as Mormonism or Jehovah’s Witnesses (Seriously, if they are “Christian” then so is Islam) The King James Onlyists exist but King James was Anglican while they are typically a form of Baptist.