(March 21, 2010 at 6:32 pm)tackattack Wrote:Well, some christians believe it's literal.(March 21, 2010 at 5:49 pm)Rwandrall Wrote: The Old Testament claims the story of Adam and Eve is trueThat would depend on your definition of true.. we believe it morally true not literally true
If the bible is the word of God then its meaning must be clear with only one interpretation/meaning possible.
If humans find multiple interpretations it could mean:
- that god and his word are imperfect therefore it's not God (at least not the standard perfect being most people imagine)
- humans aren't capable of understanding his word correctly (cause they're imperfect),
but since God is omniscient He knows that and either He can't make his word comprehensible by his own creatures or doesn't want to. The former goes against his omnipotence and the latter surely goes against a bible verse of some kind. ( But in both cases it means no interpretation of the bible can be sure to represent his word and therefore no bible passage can be used to disprove his existence. So a non-omnipotent God or a God who doesn't give a shit about us could still exist ! )
Therefore the only solution is literal interpretation which solves the truth definition problem (and even that is not really a solution because nothing says that the simpler interpretation is the right one)
In that case Rwandrall's demonstration stands on its feet, at least to me. (and it only states that "if evolution is right, then the Bible is not the word of the God described in the Bible")