[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Do you think you take the bible literally? Do you believe that the parts you say are symbolic, or metaphorical have clear indications of such? Or is it just that you know it was meant that way, rather stated or not?

Becky

[SoothingDave]

Do you think you take the bible literally?

Sometimes. Or some parts, rather. The parts that were written to be taken literally.

Do you believe that the parts you say are symbolic, or metaphorical have clear indications of such?

Usually. But not always.

Or is it just that you know it was meant that way, rather stated or not?

This is why just the Book is not sufficient. Part of the message conveyed by the Book is in the understanding of what the various books within are all about. Who wrote them, to whom and why. There is a parallel Tradition, also passed down, which helps us to understand how to understand the Bible.

SD