> Ah! what if it was mostly metaphor..
Or almost entirely metaphor. Or entirely metaphor. Too many Christians hereabouts base their faith, and their views of the faith of other Christians, on the belief that what is obviously metaphor was, in fact, a literal account.
What is a christian.?.
Some christians are not christains as some muslims are not muslims at all.. Putting kittens in an oven don't make them muffins.. and a donkey dressed as a horse don't make it so even if the hee-haw is supressed..
Everyone is "preaching something".. You preach far more loudly by what you DO than by what you say.. What you DO is what you are preaching.. If what you do and say differ, the first one fooled is yourself..