(January 4, 2018 at 12:15 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(January 4, 2018 at 12:04 pm)emjay Wrote: If I was ever to become a Christian again, it could never be as a creationist... the ship has already sailed on that... I'd have to go the 'allegorical' route, because as I see it, creationists have much bigger fish to fry than ignoring the scientific process and the nature and complexity of the task regarding Abiogenesis research; like trying to fit dinosaurs into the ark, both physically and in terms of the narrative. I can just imagine Noah trying to lure a T-Rex onto the ark, but that's all I can do, imagine it... there's no way I could ever believe it.
Ironically, that would be a more authentic form of christianity than anything you're likely to have had contact with as a modern christian. It started out as an allegory for a divine event. As above, so below.
The problem with allegory is it's not a very good basis for belief, especially if it's status as allegory or not changes or can change with the wind. I'd never even heard the word allegory until I came on here... I grew up as a creationist/literalist... it seems to be a Catholic invention