How true is the account of the Garden of Eden? Stories are best spoken. As such, we would expect them not to be precise presentations of truth, but perhaps, if anything, to be vehicles of truth. This is a matter of personal conviction and faith. Remember however, the clear claims that God inspired the Bible, and the inference that this extends to His divine protection and intervention in compilation, editing and interpreting of all therein.
Even so you may ask, "How does this help? Much of the Bible is about the sins of the great heroes of faith, believers in God. Are we to follow their sinful examples?"
Of course not.
"Are we to learn from them?"
Absolutely!
You may also ask, "Does the Creation story and the Garden of Eden story contain truth."
Yes - emphatically, there is great and essential truth in them.
Finally, we come down to it, "Are they accurate word for word - and in particular is the six 'days' of creation precisely what it says?"
If the answer is 'Yes' will you stop reading further and discount the previous statement about 'essential truth'?
Alternatively, if the answer is 'No' will you stop reading further and discount the previous statement about 'essential truth'?
Rather read the Bible and decide.
