RE: "Good" & "Bad" Christians?
August 22, 2019 at 9:05 pm
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2019 at 9:06 pm by EgoDeath.)
(August 22, 2019 at 8:56 pm)Belaqua Wrote: Maybe so, but this doesn't answer my question at all.
If a Christian doesn't take the OT literally, then it isn't a hateful intolerant work. If they say that love and tolerance are what God wants, then they are not doing what you say.
The Bible is supposed to be directly from god. There's no reason to believe it isn't meant to be taken literally. It is a holy text, not a novel.
Also, I hate when people only quote the Old Testament as containing hateful sentiments or crazy/strange verses, But, never mind that. If a Christian doesn't take the Bible literally, they then have to reconcile what parts are to be taken as instruction and what parts are to be taken as metaphor. And since there will be as many interpretations of that as there are Christians, then it still stands to reason that most of them are probably getting it wrong.
Even then, there are some verses that can only be taken as literal instructions. How do the "the Bible is a metaphor" Christians reconcile those verses with the idea that it's supposed to be a purely allegorical work?
(August 22, 2019 at 8:56 pm)Belaqua Wrote: Granted, things change over time. What surprises me is that you feel qualified to decide what the true definition is. That YOU judge what is True Christianity.
It's not about me deciding what true Christianity is... The Bible is, supposedly, a holy text dictated to man directly from god. Once again, it's not a novella. And while there are certainly literary aspects to the Bible, like I said, certain verses cannot help but to be taken literally.
Not sure what's so tough to comprehend about this.
So let me be clear, are you arguing that the Bible is a literary work and not meant to be taken literally? what's your evidence for this?
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
