(January 16, 2020 at 4:09 pm)brewer Wrote:(January 16, 2020 at 2:02 pm)sausagerock Wrote: So you seem to have missed my point quite a bit, I'd even say completely. You are saying that what I explain to be metaphors in Bible are examples of magic.
If one is explaining a concept or principle to someone less developed (in this case more evolved civilization to a more primitive minded one) scientific terms are not the way to go for sure. Just like explaining a preschooler where do babies come from, more likely than not, you will use metaphors. That won't make it magic, right? Same thing that Nietzche did as well, or do you see Zaratustra as a fairy tale too, not philosophy?
Yes, this writing by Nietzsche is a fiction fantasy.
And now you are a human that is making his own twist on a fantasy.
Edit: Most christians take walking on water and raising the dead as literal, not metaphorical. Are they all wrong?
If you think that Nietzsche wrote "fiction fantasy" (I believe it is either fiction or fantasy not both, as each of them include the other in some degree) in Zarathustra then you have missed his point as well or you really don't understand metaphors. I guess I now have the honor to introduce you "philosophical fiction" what Zarathustra really is. If you don't even understand the form of a very simple and down to Earth philosophical writing then of course I don't believe we have a reason to discuss Bible philosophically.
We were not talking about Christians here we're talking about Bible.
