Viva, you're getting bombarded pretty hard, so no rush in your response to this question, if you choose to-
It seems that you are either in agreement with the bible not being a faithful historical document or you are willing to see that it's at least questionable. It's difficult for me to quote from a separate page on my phone, so forgive me for paraphrasing you here. You said something like "The bible isn't to be taken literal, it's just a way to express the glory of God."
So, where the bible says David went through and conquered Canaan, we know through archeological methods that this isn't a faithful historical record, but you would say it shows the glory of God. Obviously, my question would be- If this didn't actually happen, how does this display God's glory, or anything about him for that matter?
An optional follow-up question:
If most of the Bible is found to be false or, at best, unreliable, where does that leave God, given that the Bible is the only place he is described?
And finally, a question I might aim directly towards you:
Why Christianity? Why YWH? There are plenty of religious texts that can be read non-literally, but believed anyhow. Have you just not read these other texts?
It seems that you are either in agreement with the bible not being a faithful historical document or you are willing to see that it's at least questionable. It's difficult for me to quote from a separate page on my phone, so forgive me for paraphrasing you here. You said something like "The bible isn't to be taken literal, it's just a way to express the glory of God."
So, where the bible says David went through and conquered Canaan, we know through archeological methods that this isn't a faithful historical record, but you would say it shows the glory of God. Obviously, my question would be- If this didn't actually happen, how does this display God's glory, or anything about him for that matter?
An optional follow-up question:
If most of the Bible is found to be false or, at best, unreliable, where does that leave God, given that the Bible is the only place he is described?
And finally, a question I might aim directly towards you:
Why Christianity? Why YWH? There are plenty of religious texts that can be read non-literally, but believed anyhow. Have you just not read these other texts?
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
