Dear Theists....Why?

[HeyItsZeus]

@Skipper- (I've used this example before, but...)

If you were reading a science fiction novel about lizard people who took over the earth and formed a totalitarian government, you would know that it was a work of fiction and not fact. However, if the book was actually a metaphor for the Communist scare of the 1950s, you could reasonably assert that the book was a metaphorical interpretation of an literal event... right?

You could also reasonably asume that the author had some real life experience with the Communist scare of the 1950s, regardless of in what way they decided to write about it. Perhaps the metaphor was a simpler and more effective way of conveying the author's message. You take the message literally, but the story metaphorically.

That's pretty much the point of reading. :/

As for taking God literally, but not the rest of the Bible, like I said the literal part of the story is God. It isn't hard to believe if you have had real life experience with God, which I have and which the authors of the Bible had. It is just like the Communism in my example isn't hard to believe in if you have had real life experience with it. You cannot understand something without having had experience with it, and even then your understanding may be faulty or incomplete.

You also ask why I am not a member of some other religion, and this infuriates me, because I've answered this question a hundred million times here on this site. I consider myself Christian because I find Christianity to be the most comprehensive and all-encompassing religion of them all when it comes to God. I had experiences with God in real life that lead me into an understanding of His nature, and upon looking into Christian teaching I found that it most accurately conveyed the same lessons I had learned of God during my life time.

However, I do not discount the validity of any other religionas it stands. Each is an attempt at understanding the being we refer to as God, and each has its own contribution to make to further our understanding of Him. I just find that Christianity cmes closest and does best in describing and explaining what I have experienced myself.

If I was born in any other place and in any other time, I wouldn't be me, so your point is moot.

@Sol- I do believe in the literal ressurection, sorry for any misconception.

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See above, Zeus. I haven't bullshit you on anything.

OK. I believe you. It's OK haha.