(December 22, 2019 at 8:13 am)Belacqua Wrote:(December 22, 2019 at 6:22 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: The bible does not have any where in it when it says. "this next bit is a metaphor and not to be taken literally" So people did and do take it literally and many many have been killed because it being taken literally by believers.
There are atheists who think like fundamentalists. For them, every line of the Bible is only and always one thing.
The idea that it has many authors, many goals, an evolving history of hermeneutics, etc., is too much to think about.
It (the bible) also has many readers, with many backgrounds and many ideas and they should be allowed to determine what they consider literal/not literal. Not only based on what they read but also by what they are told by those that worship.
Bel, are you the authority that is going to tell us what to consider literal or not?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
