(November 23, 2016 at 11:59 am)Ignorant Wrote:(November 23, 2016 at 11:15 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: So... The Bible... All metaphorical, then?
What makes you suggest that (from what I said)?
The fact that apparently you're a naturalist, and don't believe in miracles. God isn't natural. We don't find it anywhere in nature. Magic things described in the Bible aren't natural either. Science studies the natural world. Nothing magical about it.
You can't be religious and a naturalist. That's a contradiction in terms, I'm afraid. God is defined as a supernatural being. Religion is belief in a supernatural power. If you don't believe in the supernatural, you should probably change your religious status to skeptic or atheist.