I kinda liked the priest's answer.

He essentially said don't real the Bible literally because that would clearly be ridiculous. Instead, see the Bible as a means of metaphor and symbol to help communicate archetypal myths and truths that can help us in any era.

Which means don't be one of those Young Earth Creationists.

I've heard that if you trace back through all the "begot... begot..." geneologies of the Bible, you get Adam and Eve arriving on the scene roughly 10,000 years ago. This is approximately the time when the last ice age receded, and when agriculture first began (in what is today Syria, just north of Israel/Palestine). The Old Testament of the Bible makes a lot more sense in this context, that it is not the story of "the beginning of the universe" but rather "the beginning of us," namely the civilization that went on to tell these tales and eventually write them down.

How did Adam and Eve's kids have kids? Clearly, they had kids with some of "them," the people who don't count, the people who weren't part of the family, the people who the Bible doesn't talk about.

Those people can (and did) write their own books.

Actually, never thought about the belly button thing. Whoever is talking about 6000 or 10000 years...You're an idiot. The arrogance of someone saying, "I'm right, you're not!" is pure stupidity. Even the bible thumpers have to realize that, as much as you want something, it just isn't real. At least to all the "church going" people, please, have your own beliefs, your own thoughts, but never tell me mine are wrong. Do I know what happens after you die? Or what there was before I was born? No. No one does. Do you because someone said so?

And belly buttons always reproduce on their own accord!