RE: Do I sin because of Adam?
April 14, 2013 at 10:40 am
(This post was last modified: April 14, 2013 at 10:49 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 2, 2013 at 11:10 pm)catfish Wrote: You ignore the fact that most religious and secular scholoars agree to the basic history of the OT. You should look into that.
Wow, can't believe I missed this one, way back. You are miles off the rez now Cat. By "basic" I assume that you mean "sans dragons" - but unfortunately even this is a step too far. No, there is no "basic history" in the OT. Not a shred. It is a mythical and legendary foundations narrative. Whether or not those who contributed to it's genesis thought it was a history or realized that it was not is beyond my ability to know (I honestly suspect a bit of both). So while I can't tell you with any certainty whether something was meant to be taken as a metaphor or as a factual retelling, I can very easily tell you what was not - in the world beyond the narrative or it;s authors intentions- a factual retelling of any event in history. The OT, for example, not a factual retelling of any history, not even "basically".
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