RE: Let's be biblically literary
September 5, 2019 at 3:04 am
(This post was last modified: September 5, 2019 at 3:06 am by EgoDeath.)
(September 3, 2019 at 8:49 pm)Fierce Wrote: Jesus only symbolically died on the cross, he only metaphorically died for your rhetorical sins, and god's hyperbole is described in his all-loving two-dimensional character.
What's more: How are they deciding which parts are allegorical and which are not?
How do you decide that the creation story was allegorical but Jesus being born of a virgin was not?
Of course, there will be no simple answer to this question. It will be a long, drawn-out round-a-bout explanation that begs more questions than it answers.
(September 4, 2019 at 1:23 am)Grandizer Wrote: It's simple. You want to convince me you exist (if I'm doubtful of your existence) show up to my door and knock. Or at least interact with me in a way that is clear to me you exist.
If God doesn't care, why would it even bother to inspire men to write mythologies and other forms of literature open to various interpretations?
If God cares, why not be clear? If I'm in danger, why not be clear about that to me? If clarity is not the purpose and/or I'm not in any spiritual danger, why should I care?
Oh, because god wants you to have to WORK to understand his word, silly! Why on earth would he give clear, concise instructions on how to be a Christian? That would be too easy!
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.
