(November 8, 2012 at 5:50 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: There is some evidence that there was a historical figure that the Biblical Jesus character is based on, but there is none that he rose from the dead.
I wrote about some of the evidence here: http://morethanmorality.blogspot.com/201...empty.html
(November 8, 2012 at 5:50 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: What is the algorithm that you personally apply to the Bible in order to determine which parts are literary devices or literal?There are parts of the Bible that are worth fighting over and there are parts that aren't.
I'd consider a talking snake not worth fighting over so it doesn't bother me to not know whether it's literal or literary.
You've stumbled on to my laziness =(
