(March 19, 2014 at 10:04 am)discipulus Wrote:(March 19, 2014 at 9:56 am)Aral Gamelon Wrote: So you're a cherry picker, got it.
I recognize the Bible is a compilation of various literary genres and keep this in mind when reading it. The same way you approach different types of genres when you read.
You also said science and the Bible don't mix. Is this just your opinion or what?
I understand what you're saying, but how do you go along deciding what's literal and what isn't? Is it an arbitrary process or what?
I stand by what I said in a fundamentalist sense, from a moderate sense you get to pick and choose what you believe therefore you get to say whatever the hell you want. Such as;
"You're interpreting that wrong, here's how I see it."
or,
"That's just a story, no one really accepts that as literal."
So that becomes a vicious cycle of science not agreeing with the bible's fantastical bullshit and you strutting around saying "that's not what it means, its a story, here is what it really means". Been there, done that sideshow.