(April 5, 2013 at 5:47 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: My intention is not to debate the issue I just want to know: what is your objection to viewing Scriptures as conveying truths by means of allegory and symbol?
No objection at all. I would only recommend you go even further in that direction than perhaps you do. Why need God or Jesus be personal gods? Why should heaven and hell be places you get assigned to later rather than states of mind which are instantaneous? Eternity here has more to do with the depth and quality of the now rather than a duration of moments measured by a clock. Jesus' message that he is the way should be understood as direction for others to follow his example in becoming one with what we're calling god, whole in other words - not sheep.
