(March 6, 2012 at 8:23 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Not a big fan of Paul. That's why I'm a heretic.
(March 6, 2012 at 7:30 pm)Xavier Wrote:(March 6, 2012 at 7:23 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: From the very beginning, most people understood that the bible is filled with allegories, symbols and figures of speech.
Not true.
The story of Adam and Eve was believed as literal truth by the Christian world for centuries.
Origen, one of the earliest church fathers considered it an allegory. Nana nana pooh pooh.
Yeah and he was condemned as a heretic by the Christian church.