To: rwilson99
So you reject Genesis as a metaphor, and are surprised when someone rejects John? By throwing out the former, you dump a good portion of what traditional Catholic theology says is the prophecy for Jesus’s birth, and our salvation.
I am a LCMS Lutheran. I believe in both.
11 posted on
03/15/2013 11:14:05 AM PDT by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: redgolum
It takes a certain amount of discernment to, well, discern allegory from history.
I admit it is much easier to simply read the entire Bible as history, but was it written to be such?
To: redgolum
Genesis is an allegory... A remarkably accurate allegory considering the state of science 5000 years ago... But never presented to generations of Jews as historical fact.
The gospels are different... They are eye witness accounts of the Son of God. No eye witnesses for Genesis.
42 posted on
03/15/2013 6:42:56 PM PDT by
rwilson99
(Please tell me how the words "shall not perish and have everlasting life" would NOT apply to Mary.)
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