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I was raised Catholic and had the misfortune of going to a Catholic school, so I can give you the reasons they believe these things. To start off, I know nothing about eastern Orthodox Catholic beliefs
It's interesting how catholicism is both monotheist and polytheist in a sense, there's only one god but you still pray to all those saints to act on God's behalf. There are so many "pagan" rites and beliefs that got somehow absorbed into the faith over time, it's truly an amalgam of old Indo-European religions.
Also to your second point, I'm pretty sure they meant that Genesis is poetical symbolism as opposed to a literal historical account, which seems to be what most denominations nowadays that aren't completely cuckoo crazy agree on, the Catholic church included.
As an ex catholic, there's a lot of hiding behind the veil of time.i haven't read a lot of apologia and learned catechism when I was 15. Shits vague and blurry to me now, but I remember a feeling that the answers were long winded and not satisfactory. I should read Aquinas and some modern apologia, but epicurus' paradox really sums up the beginning of my journey into looking into all the bullshit.
On the switch from literal to metaphor interpretation of the Bible, I think science has penetrated deep enough into nature that is just foolish to keep fighting it. The drought/ flood isn't because God is punishing you for not believing/ praying enough. Here's models and data, worlds on fire and getting worse.