(November 3, 2016 at 12:22 pm)pocaracas Wrote:(November 3, 2016 at 11:42 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I do not believe the stories in the ot are literal.
I see...
None of them are literal?
What are they there for?
We'll it's not like the Catholic Church made them up. They were there during the time of the Jews before Jesus came and before Christianity existed. Some of the ot stories have certain valuable lessons in them, but they must remain in their context and should not be raised above church authority... which always comes first in catholicism.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh