(July 22, 2013 at 12:57 pm)whateverist Wrote:Maybe I should try asking a question, how about: Why can't creation be a literal account?(July 22, 2013 at 8:10 am)Drich Wrote: ...and if it is a literal account? (Literal meaning someone doing there best to describe event for event what they saw.)
Well, so long as you think it is a literal account then you will miss the allegorical message. If in fact, every word in the bible was written by a person possessed by God himself who wrote with literal intent, it is surprising just how little specificity there is in the writing. It seems much more likely that a being capable of what you believe your God to be would find communication limited by the ability of his intended audience. Poetic allusion seems a likely recourse. If so, and you insist on reading it simply, you will miss the boat.
"...and if it is a literal account?" Then I fry in hell yada yada yada.
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