(March 28, 2019 at 12:39 pm)Acrobat Wrote:(March 28, 2019 at 11:56 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Then what is the point of speaking about God at all? Since human language is necessarily limited, then EVERYTHING said by or about God is a metaphor. 'God created the heavens and the earth' actually means 'God likes extra cheese on his burritos' and 'I am the lord thy God' is a metaphor for, 'Must dash, I'm late for a dental appointment'.
Boru
Something being a metaphor doesn’t mean it can mean anything we want it to mean.
Example
The classroom was a zoo.
Jamal was a pig at dinner.
We understand the meaning of such metaphors quite clearly, even though we recognize the expressions aren’t literal.
Jamal was a pig at dinner, can’t mean Jamal didn’t eat dinner, or barely ate his dinner, or just picked at his food.
Which has precious little to do with Bible-speak. I've found that Bibliophiles resort to the metaphor argument to explain away uncomfortable verses. 'God is love, but God said he hated Esau, so clearly he didn't mean "hate".'
Come on.
Boru
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