(July 14, 2009 at 8:13 am)Tiberius Wrote: True, but then if the stories are allegorical, the God is completely different from the one portrayed; thus the God portrayed in the allegories does not exist.
How is God altered if the stories are allegorical? I am not aware that allegorical narratives by definition cannot portray actual entities (e.g., describing some characteristic of an entity via an allegorical aid).
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
