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Question to theists: When to take the bible literally?
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RE: Question to theists: When to take the bible literally?
Few conservative Christians take the Bible literally; instead, they have elevated themselves above their Scriptures, and it is now they, their private authority, that decides when the Bible is being literal and when it is being figurative.

In other words, even fundamentalist Christianity has become subjective, hence, the appeals on billboards all throughout my town that, "I have eyes at 8 weeks..."
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RE: Question to theists: When to take the bible literally? - by Jehanne - November 20, 2021 at 7:12 pm

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