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To: pollywog

“every word in the Bible is not fable, stories, but FACTS from our Creator God”

If you had ever read the Bible you would know that Jesus tells most of his lessons through parables.

One should thus expect God to relate truths the same way.


57 posted on 11/22/2022 3:23:28 PM PST by Renfrew
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To: Renfrew

OH I do read my Bible daily... sometimes more than once a day. Going through it right now...
Yes Jesus taught much of His truth in parables....but Noah lived.. and yes there WAS a FLOOD.That is history.


69 posted on 11/22/2022 3:59:37 PM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: Renfrew

I agree that the Bible is God’s word to us and uses stories to tell us truths. Genesis is not a science text. However, many times Jesus references accounts of the OT (such as Noah, Jonah, etc.) and discusses them as actual accounts.

Related perhaps - he was also quick to point out how some of the things in the O.T. the people got wrong - or at least clarified things and expanded on them. Such as “though shall not murder” is a good commandment, but it even means not to hate people - even one’s enemies.


84 posted on 11/22/2022 4:35:26 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Renfrew
He did use parables but He also used things people would understand. The poster would have been better to have said all Scripture is inspired...meaning it comes from God.

The accounts in Genesis form the foundation to understand the rest of Scripture.

We have creation, man and woman, sin and its consequences and God making a provision for their forgiveness.

130 posted on 11/22/2022 6:11:53 PM PST by ealgeone
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