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To: Lonely Bull

“Does God have feathers?”

Do you have a point? Apparently not.


63 posted on 05/20/2015 7:19:41 PM PDT by vladimir998
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To: vladimir998
“Does God have feathers?”

Do you have a point? Apparently not.

Oh, various Bible passages can be interpreted "literally" as saying that God has feathers, such as what many translations have as Psalm 91:4. Similar passages mention apparent wings and arms.

My point is that at least in my experience, even self-described "literalists" do not interpret everything equally "literally" and freely acknowledge the existence of things like metaphors and other figures of speech. Of course, not everyone will agree on what is more "literal" and what is "not"; I'm not taking any particular side but rather pointing out that much will depend on interpretation. So it is that I'd wondering, for example, how people interpret Ephesians 3:10 and its context.

Maybe I deserved this response because I should've picked a less obscure reference. Such a one isn't too hard to find: hardly anyone removes eyes or extremities despite what Jesus seemingly "commands."

68 posted on 05/20/2015 8:30:04 PM PDT by Lonely Bull ("When he is being rude or mean it drives people _away_ from his confession and _towards_ yours.")
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