The Bible is God’s word but the use of “literal” is dangerously misleading.
Is the letter to the church at Corinth literally to them?
If it is, then is a literal interpretation one which says that Paul’s admonitions only apply to them as a historical matter in that time?
We cannot know when we have the “literal” text in focus. We are burdened to pursue the fullest meanings of scriptures as lead by the Holy Spirit. That is fully consistent with what the Bible says about its own interpretation.
There is no indication that the early church kicked people out for failing to understand Genesis properly. People who say the Bible is meaningless are ripe for debate. People who disagree about who the Bible is meaningful ought to be encouraged and discouraged.
Iron sharpens iron. Why do we have to pretend that one person has the iron?
Paul and Peter disagreed about scripture. Which one went to hell?
We should debate scripture with a goal of adding meaning not damning people.
Well said.
Exactly. The answer is "Neither" - but we must understand that Evil loves to drive small wooden wedges in between our fingernails as we hang onto our faith in a such a horrible world.
Satan wants us to believe in this world, and to doubt God. Lucifer can go $%^!&% himself.
Jesus Christ is King.
One day, everyone, EVERYONE will have to bow and say that with their mouths.
How much better it is to join Him now.
Nicely said!
Nicely said!
Well stated.
IMHO, there are some well founded arguments which indicate attempts to accept the tenets of evolution and creation as coequally true, fail to respect volumes in His Word.
In studying both, I find more veracity in studying them through faith in Him and what he provides first, then interpreting them by Scripture, rather than attempting to interpret Scripture by physical science alone, as my source of faith.
I did at one time identify physical science as a summation of His laws which had veracity, but later discovered there is more to His Creation than physical Laws, and furthermore that some things physical laws fail to have authority over some things in His Plan.
So while I see nothing wrong in studying evolution or science through faith in Him, I find studying Him through faith in evolution and science to be woefully inaccurate, not always true, and missing the mark of both.