(December 9, 2011 at 5:20 pm)tackattack Wrote:(December 9, 2011 at 4:35 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:(December 9, 2011 at 12:24 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: I might be able to see if I understood how a metaphoric fall from grace would work. Can you help me out here?
I think he is pointing out the fact you are committing a composition fallacy. Just because there are allegedly aspects of Genesis that are figurative, does not necessitate that all parts of the story are indeed figurative (i.e. the fall).
yup, what he said
Actually, that wasn't my point, that one part being figurative means the whole book is.
What I need to understand is how a proverbial fall from grace needs to be paid by a real sacrifice on a cross (putting aside how blood sacrifice makes sin go away in the first place).
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