The Creation Story

The Creation Story in the book of Genesis makes many outlandish claims such as:  God created the universe in six days God created man from dirt and breathed life into his clay-formed body Man came first and woman evolved from one of his ribs The woman talked to a snake who influenced her to eat forbidden fruit The woman influenced the man to eat forbidden fruit Sin and death entered the world because of the man and woman eating forbidden fruit To a sane, rational and reasonable person the above claims sound like the making of a good fairytale.  Let's examine the creation story.