Don,

1 I still don’t know what you believe. Since you believe that much is allegory, I don’t know if what you are saying is allegory or real. Do you believe that God formed the animals after Adam in realty or is this one of the “stories” that is meant to be taken as an allegory because it contradicts the “actual” creation account?

2 I do not believe that the Bible contradicts itself, even the gospels. Are there differences in the creation accounts that allow them to contradict each other?