(August 24, 2019 at 11:37 pm)EgoDeath Wrote: In general, however, less and less people are taking the Bible literally. Pretty sure there was even a gallup poll about this? Anyway, I don't need to defer to an authority's opinion here.
There it is again, the assertion. With no evidence.
Quote:That you want to dance around that point and say "Oh! But not every Christian took the bible literally" means nothing.
I am not dancing. I am saying, with evidence, that not every Christian took the Bible literally. It was standard theology not to take the Bible literally.
https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Vol-Works...oks&sr=1-1
Unless you want to declare by fiat that Augustine was not Real Christian.
Quote:I'm not repeating myself anymore, this shit is common sense dude. That's why we don't stone adulterers anymore or burn witches.
If it's common sense you should be able to demonstrate it, or at least link to someone who does more than repeat himself.
Jesus says stoning adulterers is problematic. It would be a literal interpretation not to stone them.
Quote:Holy fuck you're dense.
If you could get your ego to die just a little more, so that you didn't believe yourself quite so much, you'd see that what you're saying here is not supported by history.