RE: Wanted: Christians who reject the supernatural and a literal afterlife.
October 19, 2017 at 1:06 pm
(This post was last modified: October 19, 2017 at 1:35 pm by Whateverist.)
(October 19, 2017 at 12:49 pm)alpha male Wrote:(October 19, 2017 at 10:49 am)wallym Wrote: They wouldn't be a very intelligent theist if they don't believe in the supernatural and are still a theist. I guess you could do a "Universe is God" thing and get somewhere, but that's a pretty big stretch to get to that from Christianity.
Yep, Paul actually addresses the position that the afterlife is allegorical in 1 Cor 15. The person I mentioned could only dodge such passages.
And that is a convincing argument because everyone knows that the bible itself is to be interpreted literally. Read literally, it rules out reading it allegorically. Of course read allegorically, it does no such thing. But so long as everyone is content to stipulate that every word of the bible is literally true, you make a valid point. (Not.)
(October 19, 2017 at 12:54 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote:(October 19, 2017 at 12:49 pm)alpha male Wrote: Yep, Paul actually addresses the position that the afterlife is allegorical in 1 Cor 15. The person I mentioned could only dodge such passages.
1 Corinthians 15 . . . yeah, there's some tight reasoning.
Oh yeah, no getting around it. Scriptures for the win!
