To: NYer
Is the Bible to be taken literally - "word for word?" No. The Bible doesn't state anywhere that It should be taken literally. The Bible was written by different authors with different literary styles at different times in history and in different languages. Therefore, the writings should be interpreted with these circumstances in mind. The Bible is a religious book, not a scientific or a history "textbook."It's hard to get you people to admit this but every now and again, one of you do...
If you can't take the bible as word for word truth, what do you have??? You have nothing more than a novel...
If it's not ALL right, then probably none of it is right...But yet you guys and your church constantly quote scripture like you believe it...
So some time ago, some people invented a church...And they take bits and pieces from the bible to justify it...And they fill in the gaps with their own creation and call it tradition...
35 posted on
10/21/2006 9:14:54 AM PDT by
Iscool
To: Iscool
So some time ago, some people invented a church...And they take bits and pieces from the bible to justify it...And they fill in the gaps with their own creation and call it tradition...*************
Enough of the whining and insults.
36 posted on
10/21/2006 9:20:52 AM PDT by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Iscool
"If you can't take the bible as word for word truth, what do you have??? You have nothing more than a novel..."
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Amen!
40 posted on
10/21/2006 9:43:15 AM PDT by
wmfights
(Psalm : 27)
To: Iscool
We have the Magesterium. We have the Tradition. We have Scripture. That's what we have.
-A8
64 posted on
10/21/2006 11:59:38 AM PDT by
adiaireton8
("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
To: Iscool
If it's not ALL right, then probably none of it is right. That is a non sequitur, and thus a false dilemma.
-A8
805 posted on
10/22/2006 11:08:44 PM PDT by
adiaireton8
("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
To: Iscool
But yet you guys and your church constantly quote scripture like you believe it... We do believe it.
-A8
1,904 posted on
10/30/2006 9:15:21 AM PST by
adiaireton8
("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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