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To: metmom

Sure. The bible is allegorical. God gave us brains to figure out how he got us here. He’d be disappointed if we didn’t try.


12 posted on 03/04/2009 7:31:06 PM PST by Buck W. (The President of the United States IS named Schickelgruber...)
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To: Buck W.
Sure. The bible is allegorical. God gave us brains to figure out how he got us here. He’d be disappointed if we didn’t try.

Allegory is bad. It leads to "thinking"

19 posted on 03/04/2009 7:39:02 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ( As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities. - D)
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To: Buck W.
Not taking sides either way here. I'm just an observer.

But without original sin, why do we need Christ's redeeming sacrifice?

If we evolved, why do we need God? What purpose does he serve in our lives? If He's just an allegory, screw Him.

On the other hand, the Genesis account is short of specifics on how God created man, and taking the Genesis account alone I see room for evolution as a method, as well as both the young earth and old earth accounts.

Or we could just scrap the Bible and go totally naturalistic, but then the basis for Christianity completely disappears, as does a basis for Christian morality.

It could be based on the morality of another religion, or even a morality of naturalistic philosophy, of course. But the last, at least, have not worked out too well, historically.

157 posted on 03/05/2009 1:11:41 PM PST by chesley (A pox on both their houses. I've voted for my last RINO.)
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