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Help Me Understand

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RE: Help Me Understand

September 16, 2015 at 1:39 pm

(September 16, 2015 at 12:50 pm)Alex25 Wrote: 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?

Before the NT scriptures were written and the canon of the Bible finalized, God established an infallible Church which He continues to guide by His Holy Spirit.

That Church studies these things very, very carefully.

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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

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