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so the Genesis account was their way of trying to explain what they believed. Literalist Christians may believe that God created the world exactly as it states in the Bible, ie God taking six days ...

The Catholic Church teaches that the Bible accounts and stories have to be ... so the Genesis account was their way of trying to explain what they believed.