(March 23, 2013 at 3:05 pm)catfish Wrote:(March 23, 2013 at 3:03 pm)Esquilax Wrote: If you're not reading the bible literally, what basis do you have to say that any of it is true? The fact is, the literal reading is the only one you can be absolutely sure was what was intended by the original authors.
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I'm sorry, is there some additional how-to guide for the bible written by the original authors pointing out where the book slips into metaphor, and when it comes back to literalism again? Did I miss that?
My point is, the only thing you can be totally sure of are the words written on the page- and yes, even then it's a bastardization- but when you're picking and choosing what's literal and what's not, the only guide you're using is what feels good to you. That's not exactly inerrant.
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