Are jehovahs witnesses meant to take the story of Adam and Eve literally or just figuratively.
Adam and Eve
by minty 8 Replies latest jw friends
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under74
literally...like the rest of the Bible....you didn't already know that?
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minty
no i didnt. ive been told a few times that the story is only to be taken f iguratively.
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under74
A JW told you that? JWs take the whole bible literally. The only time I can see a JW saying it's figurative is when they can't answer questions being asked.
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under74
PS- welcome to the forum. Ask anything you like
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DannyBloem
Indeed, they take the whole story literary.
The apple (fruit, not apple), the talking snake, the tree eveything literal.... -
kid-A
Witness kids are given "my book of bible stories", which gives a summarized account of all the major bible legends, however, these are presented to them as cold, hard "facts" and as real historical events, this is usually a JW kids first introduction to "history" LOL
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John Doe
No, they don't take everything literally. For instance, the seven days of creation are not supposed to be literal 24-hour days. However, the Adam and Eve story is taken to be literal.
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jaffacake
Some things they take figuratively, others literally. Then sometimes they mix the two up, for example. Revelation refers to 12 tribes of 12,000 each. They teach that these numbers 12 x 12,000 are figurative. However, after you have done the math to get the answer 144,000 then miraculously the answer comes out as a literal one. How can figurative numbers multiplied together give you a literal number as the answer?
You know, I don't believe even the Governing Body members believe the 144,000 thing, but it would cause too much upheaval to change now.