Usually never respond to religious posts. Try to follow the adage that tolerance is accepting people for what they are, not what you would hope them to be. However when a post takes a poke at Catholicism, as yours did, occasionally a response is necessary.
Let me give you an example why Catholics do not believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible. You of course are familiar with the Passover story. The Pharoh had enslaved the Hebrews. When he refused to free them one of the punishments were that angels came and killed the “first born” of all Egyptians. A truly bloody and devastating punishment. Try to consider this scenario. Imagine there was a forty four year old Egyptian shoemaker and his forty two year old wife.He was a poor but honest man who worked hard. His wife was thought to be barren but at age forty gave birth to a healthy young boy. The child gave them joy and purpose. The shoemaker was illiterate, knew nothing of politics and as far as he knew had never encountered a Hebrew. Now do you really believe that this dutiful mother was sitting feeding her son and suddenly this supernatural creature, not seeing lambs blood on the door, bursts in and mercilessly kills the child? Really?
Let me explain how a Catholic would interpret those passages. Slavery is a terrible injustice. Not only to the slaves themselves but it is harmful to the nation that holds them. In ancient times and to some extent today the “first born” were the future of a family and the nation itself. The first born were expected to inherit not only the goods but the legacy and spirit of a culture. It would then be their responsibility to cultivate it, improve it, preserve it and then pass it on to the next generation. However slavery corrodes a culture. It makes its “first born” dependent on the labor of others for his well being. It fosters cruelty, sloth, insensitivity and bad behavior. When the character of the “first born” is destroyed, the culture itself begins to decay and decline. Hence the passage is an allegory on the lethal effects systemic injustice. Immoral practices, contrary to the laws of God, in fact destroys and “kills” the “first born” and all that depends on them. Wholesale actual killing by angels of innocent children is a bit far fetched.
Fully understand you don’t agree but you might find it useful to understand a different perspective.
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I guess the "resurrection" of J*sus actually teaches us that the flowers bloom in the spring. Tra-la.