what are they teaching in seminaries these days?

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I'll never forget a Feast of the Epiphany (the visit of the Magi) Mass, when the priest started his homily this way: "You KNOW there were no wise men, right? No gifts of frankincense, gold, and myrrh? You know this is an allegory, a way for the gospel writers to say that they saw kingship in Jesus, so Jesus's story should start like king stories of their time. And they saw God in Jesus, so the angels must have been singing in the skies over the stable. There weren't any angels talking to shepherds, either. Don't read the Bible as if it is literally true, or you'll end up rather frustrated."

Do all seminaries teach that the Bible isn't literal, or just some of them?

Brilliant man. Good guy (for a priest). Died a few years ago. I miss him.

It's becoming more and more common to take a less literal approach to the bible, as we continue to gain more understanding of it and of the times it was written.   

Sad to hear of your friend's passing. What about good guy... for a human... was he a good guy for that? Lol. 

Rubbish - interpretations of the bible have simply lost huge amounts of ground to science and common bloody sense, forcing people to take a softer and softer stance in interpreting it, to allow it to still be accepted in modern society.

There is no great mystery. It is fantasy, with occasionally accurate historical details smattered about. And for all the church's efforts to rebrand and repackage, they are STILL declining, going the way of thousands of exhausted religions like it before.