My views on objective morality

[Catholic_Lady]

You are correct. And I never said the OT is "invalid". But the Church does teach that a Catholic is free to either believe in the OT literally, or figuratively. As long as a Catholic adheres to Church doctrines, whether or not they believe that Adam actually talked to a snake, etc, is just details.

That's a pretty generous example.  How about this:

• You may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way.  Leviticus 25:44-46
  

Is this "figurative"?  Are you free to take this passage literally, or not?  Where are your "inherent human rights" now?

It depends. If taking this passage literally means the person actually believes slavery is good, then that contradicts Catholic teaching. Remember, I said a Catholic is free to view the OT stories as literal or figurative speech, so long as those people still adhere to Church teaching.

However, if taking it literally means they do believe God said those things but that it doesn't mean He actually condoned it, then that is permitted, since they are not going against Church teaching. I'm not one of those people, so I cannot speak for them. But here's someone who does: http://debunkingatheists.blogspot.com/20...avery.html