(June 16, 2015 at 2:30 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I am sorry that so many of you are having a hard time with understanding/accepting the notion that the OT is written allegorically, especially when what Jesus teaches is so contradicting to the God that is depicted in the OT.
I don't have a problem with asserting its allegorical nature; I think it's obvious that things like both creation stories are each allegories, as is the story of the Fall.
What I have a problem with is you deciding that one part of the Bible is literal, another part allegorical, and it just so happens that you regard the really evil shit attributed to your deity as allegorical. I'm sure that's a coincidence, right?
No, it isn't. You regard those parts as allegory because you don't want to think that your god could be amoral, or even positively evil. And in essence, you're begging the question when you argue this case for allegory, because what is happening is that you are using your moral sensibility to guide your judgement on what is allegorical.
It's sloppy thinking and tremendously weak argumentation.
