(May 10, 2009 at 7:32 am)Giff Wrote:(May 10, 2009 at 7:30 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Nope, I ignore no parts. I just don't assume all are literal, or all are poetic, because that would be stupid. It's spiritual truth first and foremost. Read it like that and it makes sense.
So killing those who don't believe in God is a spritual truth?
That would be like me taking the word "who" out of your sentence and trying to analyze your meaning using only that.
Quote:(May 10, 2009 at 7:30 am)fr0d0 Wrote: The definition is of the Christian/ Judaic God, If you want to know how that god is defined then it works for you.
What is the definition of the christian/judaic God that works for everybody?
Again, I already said it Giff. The Bible defines God in that statement (I Am = God exists outside of time), that everyone can use as a given definition of that god.
(May 10, 2009 at 7:44 am)LukeMC Wrote:(May 10, 2009 at 7:30 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Yours really isn't a statement. The Genesis statement is positive and asserts something. Yours asserts a negative and is pointless. Bronze Age bonehead 1: LukeMC 0
Nuh-uh. That's God saying he wasn't there in the beginning. He came along later (y)
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(It doesn't work still does it)