The other thing you fail to consider since you want to talk about context, is the reality that Genesis may not have been written until after the Babylonian captivity.
Remember that tower I mentioned earlier? It was built during the captivity. And people of multiple languages helped build it.
In other words, it is highly possible (especially when you consider that the book of Job is a near plagiarism of Babylonian lore) that this story is a mistelling of an actual event.
You're right that the point of the story is much more important than the reality of the story.
The difference is your faith, like that of many creationist, hinges on every word of the Bible being absolute truth.
Mine only hinges on John 3:16 being true.
Remember that tower I mentioned earlier? It was built during the captivity. And people of multiple languages helped build it.
In other words, it is highly possible (especially when you consider that the book of Job is a near plagiarism of Babylonian lore) that this story is a mistelling of an actual event.
You're right that the point of the story is much more important than the reality of the story.
The difference is your faith, like that of many creationist, hinges on every word of the Bible being absolute truth.
Mine only hinges on John 3:16 being true.