RE: What would an error in the bible even show?
August 1, 2012 at 3:51 pm
(This post was last modified: August 1, 2012 at 3:54 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 21, 2012 at 10:02 am)Jeffonthenet Wrote: I don't every story being literally true is essential, and I think God can use allegory to teach things even if every word was not directly His.
I think people can use narrative devices like god to teach things as well, even though no single word was "His". Is every story being literally true essential, no, not to me, but this is more troubling for you than it is for me. "This narrative is literal, this one is not";
-Well, then I guess I get to rule out all the narratives of miracles and magic, it's not literal, it's allegory. You know, walking on water, crucifixions, resurrections, sons of god, sin and redemption. That sort of of shit.
Down this road lay only tears. You would like for the narratives that are important to you to be literal, and those that aren't you're willing to wash your hands of. It's a convenient but not altogether compelling situation.
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