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RE: Help Me Understand

September 16, 2015 at 12:50 pm (This post was last modified: September 16, 2015 at 12:55 pm by Alex25.)

Okay, so in that case- how can you be sure that other parts of the bible are to be taken literally? What are the rules to determine what is literal and what is metaphorical?

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Help Me Understand - by Shuffle - September 16, 2015 at 1:10 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by DeathByDespair - September 16, 2015 at 11:26 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by Faith No More - September 16, 2015 at 11:35 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by Catholic_Lady - September 16, 2015 at 11:38 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by Randy Carson - September 16, 2015 at 1:15 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Shuffle - September 16, 2015 at 6:20 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Randy Carson - September 16, 2015 at 7:30 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Shuffle - September 16, 2015 at 8:50 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by DeathByDespair - September 16, 2015 at 11:39 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by Faith No More - September 16, 2015 at 11:48 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by Exian - September 16, 2015 at 12:10 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Catholic_Lady - September 16, 2015 at 12:30 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by loganonekenobi - September 28, 2015 at 10:10 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by Divinity - September 16, 2015 at 12:31 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Whateverist - September 21, 2015 at 11:59 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by Alex25 - September 16, 2015 at 12:46 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Catholic_Lady - September 16, 2015 at 12:49 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Randy Carson - September 16, 2015 at 1:35 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Neo-Scholastic - September 19, 2015 at 9:32 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by Longhorn - September 16, 2015 at 12:47 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Alex25 - September 16, 2015 at 12:50 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Catholic_Lady - September 16, 2015 at 12:52 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Salacious B. Crumb - September 16, 2015 at 1:06 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Randy Carson - September 16, 2015 at 1:39 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Thumpalumpacus - September 16, 2015 at 5:22 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Randy Carson - September 16, 2015 at 7:11 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Thumpalumpacus - September 16, 2015 at 7:34 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Randy Carson - September 16, 2015 at 8:42 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Thumpalumpacus - September 17, 2015 at 2:18 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by Catholic_Lady - September 17, 2015 at 3:19 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by Thumpalumpacus - September 17, 2015 at 12:49 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Catholic_Lady - September 17, 2015 at 12:52 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Thumpalumpacus - September 17, 2015 at 1:05 pm

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RE: Help Me Understand - by Randy Carson - September 16, 2015 at 1:41 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Alex25 - September 16, 2015 at 1:35 pm

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RE: Help Me Understand - by Shuffle - September 18, 2015 at 7:13 pm

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RE: Help Me Understand - by ignoramus - September 19, 2015 at 12:47 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by robvalue - September 19, 2015 at 9:08 am

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RE: Help Me Understand - by Drich - September 21, 2015 at 9:15 am

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RE: Help Me Understand - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 20, 2015 at 7:06 pm

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RE: Help Me Understand - by RoadRunner79 - October 10, 2015 at 8:28 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by TheRocketSurgeon - October 10, 2015 at 10:50 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by robvalue - October 11, 2015 at 5:27 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by jenny1972 - October 11, 2015 at 5:30 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by rexbeccarox - October 11, 2015 at 10:56 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by RoadRunner79 - October 11, 2015 at 10:30 pm

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RE: Help Me Understand - by Thumpalumpacus - October 11, 2015 at 10:48 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Thumpalumpacus - October 12, 2015 at 2:04 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by TheRocketSurgeon - October 11, 2015 at 11:48 pm

RE: Help Me Understand - by Thumpalumpacus - October 12, 2015 at 1:38 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by TheRocketSurgeon - October 12, 2015 at 1:47 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by Thumpalumpacus - October 12, 2015 at 2:05 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by robvalue - October 12, 2015 at 3:08 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by TheRocketSurgeon - October 26, 2015 at 8:56 am

RE: Help Me Understand - by loganonekenobi - October 31, 2015 at 3:51 pm

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