Adam and Eve a myth

This morning on my way to work I heard the dj's on the radio say that everyone should realize that the story of Adam and Eve is just that a story.  Well it sort of made me mad that someone who is on the air saying they believe in God say things like it is just a story nothing more and nothing less and those who say Science doesn't exist are ridiculous as well.  So I was reading more into the story or as some would call a myth.  If people would just read the bible they will see that each book will compare to everything else in the bible.  It is just written in that particular person's experience of that event.  I know from experience that some times it takes a person a long time to hear and recognize the calling of God and it will come at the most unexpected time.  But to say I truly don't believe in God/Jesus really has been getting under my skin a bit lately.  I just want to shake people until they see but I know it comes in time and I have to have patience.   I found this in a story that Fr. Dwight Longenecker  wrote and I like what was said in the below paragraphs.

 The stories of creation and fall are presented as myth. What is myth? Myth is a story that conveys universal and perennial truth in a way that draws the listener into an empathetic experience of the truth. A myth can be about pagan gods and goddesses or it can be a fairy tale, a superhero movie or an ordinary film about ordinary people or it can be a true human story that functions like myth. I have written more about this subject in relation to the gospels here.

So what do thinking Christians say about the story of Adam and Eve? It works on us like a myth. In other words, it is a universal story about human beings and we respond empathetically as we experience it. In other words it echoes deeply in our hearts and lives. We say, “This is a true story. This reveals the relationship between human beings. It reveals human nature, free will, the existence of evil, temptation and the presence of God the loving but just Father.” The literalists ignore all that and say, “Yeah, but did it happen?

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn