(March 31, 2014 at 12:57 pm)Tonus Wrote:(March 31, 2014 at 12:50 pm)MindForgedManacle Wrote: The only mention of it i can recall on the spot is during a debate where William Lane Craig said he wasn't sure if that was supposed to be a historical account or apocalyptic imagery...When in doubt... ALLEGORY.
It would be cool if there was a way to measure what percent of the Bible was considered literal versus allegorical over the ages. Was it ever 100%? Maybe it started at 75% or so and increased to 99.4% and these days it is somewhere around 42.9% real and 57.1% allegory.
It would be cool if there was just one Christian group, instead of tens of thousands, so what was meant as metaphorical or not is really hard to decide. Nowadays basically if someone can prove something is just impossible or heinous if taken literally, Christians are more likely to call it a metaphor. Still, there are people like Ken Ham who insist it's all the literal, inspired word of Yahweh. No exceptions.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
