please explain Adam and Eve then

This. Josephus isn't the only source either; Jesus is also mentioned in the writings of Tacitus, from whose work we've also taken some of the finer details of Roman history, however questionable they may be. His account of Jesus is no more or less questionable than any of the other parts of his history which are tentatively taught as "fact." spitfire35, I am Catholic and generally consider myself an intelligent person. I know that this is not the case for all Christians or all sects of Christianity, but personally I don't believe that every single word in the Bible has to be true. I believe in God because I believe I feel His presence in my life, not because of the prehistorical mythology of Adam and Eve (and as a student of ancient literatures who has also spent some time studying religions, that is what I personally believe it is, prehistorical mythology). I don't believe that every word of the Gospel, even, is transmitted exactly correctly, because I know how iffy manuscript transmission is for other ancient works. And having studied Hebrew for a semester my initial impression is that an exactly-accurate translation of the Hebrew portions of the Bible is extremely unlikely; I attended a lecture by a rabbi who argued the same thing. I don't believe in pushing my faith on anybody, and people can believe what they want to believe, and I know my faith isn't "rational" or "provable," and that's fine. But I do want you to know that some of us do actually think logically about things like Adam and Eve. We're not all stupid.