RE: Literal and Not Literal
August 29, 2019 at 10:05 am
(This post was last modified: August 29, 2019 at 10:12 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Your Christian beliefs powerfully depend on a literal reading.
Your Christian beliefs may not be the totality of your beliefs or even the largest component of your beliefs....but they would by necessity provide a “reason” to read genesis ( or any other useful part of magic book - old and new) literally. They’re the reason that you provide the ”god inspired” caveat in the first place.
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter if the authors didn’t take it literally, because they weren’t Christians, and so they lacked the commitments of your religious position.
Then, there’s the tertiary question of whether or not the contents actually do speak to -some- truth, what type of truth, and what that truth is.
Perhaps “god” is, itself, metaphor.
Your Christian beliefs may not be the totality of your beliefs or even the largest component of your beliefs....but they would by necessity provide a “reason” to read genesis ( or any other useful part of magic book - old and new) literally. They’re the reason that you provide the ”god inspired” caveat in the first place.
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter if the authors didn’t take it literally, because they weren’t Christians, and so they lacked the commitments of your religious position.
Then, there’s the tertiary question of whether or not the contents actually do speak to -some- truth, what type of truth, and what that truth is.
Perhaps “god” is, itself, metaphor.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
