(September 18, 2015 at 11:01 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Allegory. Next question?
Sorry, but that answer is idiotic. But I do understand the reason for reason for using it.
Where in the Bible is the primmer that you used in order to tell which parts are allegory and which parts are literal?
Obviously a perfect god would understand that us fallible humans would quite possibly misinterpret his word, and need clear instructions to get it right. That primmer that you use in order to tell allegory from literal passages should be obvious to everyone. Please point it out.
There are 1000's of Christian sects, many take those passages as literal truth that you understand as allegory. Why do they get it so wrong when they are reading the same texts as you are?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
