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The earliest parts of most religious texts are people with little knowledge trying to explain what was inexplicable at the time. It also had to be suitable for the "average" person of the time. They had much less information to work with than we do today. I prefer to think of God working with DNA and RNA and intelligent design than the literal interpretation anyway. Then being created "in His image" can mean carbon based life.
Old jew testament is mostly parable and record keeping anyway. The new testament is the better part of the faith.