The creation vs evolution debate and science versus Young Earth Christians (YECs) age of the earth debate will continue on for some time, as parables in the Bible are not well understood. This is especially true of the first few chapters of Genesis, where the stories on the surface seem to be somewhat about natural world events.

 

However, the Bible does not have history or natural events as its aim at all, but seeding the human mind with truth and the descriptions of larger church histories and church lessons, so that human beings can return to God from their fallen state.

 

The story about the sower of the seed in Matthew 13:3-9, plainly indicates that sowing the seed on the ground represents teaching the human mind about the Lord, however, the Genesis stories are less obvious about seeding the human mind and reforming and regenerating the human mind. The seven day creation story is about seven periods of development of the human mind where the human mind can return to a state of peace with God which happens in seven stages of development.

 

The creation story, when the parables are understood, is about creating the human being, not creating the planet Earth, and the stories of Adam and Eve and Noah are not stories of individuals, but individuals of those times in their churches.

 

The Bible is extremely relevant to our lives when literal and worldly interpretations are rejected for spiritual lessons and lessons about the human mind developing under the Lord's guidance and the human mind developing in the Lord's church. This is how the Bible is relevant to us. The Bible does not teach the stories of individuals that have no direct bearing on our spiritual development, and the Bible does not teach Earth history as any primary thing which has no direct bearing on our spiritual development.

 

Abraham starts the church history in the Bible that matches recorded Earth history. However, the Earth history can be a distraction for those that want to test the Bible for every historical accuracy. The lessons in the Bible do not emphasize history as their goal, but a person's spiritual development and return to the Lord.