RE: The Fall as Allegorical Fiction.
July 20, 2014 at 2:49 pm
(This post was last modified: July 20, 2014 at 2:51 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Hey man...I'm just tired of watching second rate bible fanbois paste their garbage all over the boards. I think it's interesting to know that you can have meaning in the narrative without any reference to god, and without any invocation of divinity or spirituality. Even if the authors did believe in the stuff, apparently, their humanity crept out onto the page despite their intentions.
Also, if someone wants to bring people into the fold - at some point they're going to have to make these stories relevant regardless of their historical value. The whole "this really happened so you should bend the knee" schtick isn't working the way it used to. Neither is the new-agey "they really meant this equally unsupportable hodgepodge of magical gibberish" routine.
Also, if someone wants to bring people into the fold - at some point they're going to have to make these stories relevant regardless of their historical value. The whole "this really happened so you should bend the knee" schtick isn't working the way it used to. Neither is the new-agey "they really meant this equally unsupportable hodgepodge of magical gibberish" routine.
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