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A:Some Christians accept that the story of Adam and Eve is simply an allegory, without historical basis. This is supported by the Church Father, Origen, who said (On First Principles, 3.1.1):

"Now what man of intelligence will believe that the first and the second and the third day, and the evening and the morning existed without the sun and moon and stars? And that the first day if we may so call it, was even without a heaven? And who is so silly as to believe that God, after the manner of a farmer, "planted a paradise eastward in Eden", and set in it a visible and palpable "tree of life", of such a sort that anyone who tasted its fruit with his bodily teeth would gain life: and again that one could partake of "good and evil" by masticating the fruit taken from the tree of that name? And when God is said to "walk in the paradise in the cool of the day" and Adam to hide himself behind a tree, I do not think anyone will doubt that these are figurative expressions which indicate certain mysteries through a semblance of history and not through actual events."

Others compromise, perhaps believing in special creation on Sundays and science the rest of the week. Those whose religious beliefs are more conservative refuse to accept the findings of science and seek to 'prove' that the science is wrong.

The Episcopal Church has said that the theory of evolution does not conflict with Christian faith. In 2006, the General Convention affirmed, via Resolution A129, that God is creator and added that "the theory of evolution provides a fruitful and unifying scientific explanation for the emergence of life on earth, that many theological interpretations of origins can readily embrace an evolutionary outlook, and that an acceptance of evolution is entirely compatible with an authentic and living Christian faith." The position of the Catholic Church seems to be that it prefers people to believe in the biblical story, but accepts belief in the evolution of man, as long as Catholics believe that Adam and Eve were the first humans to have souls.

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