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Here are some I don't understand why fundamentalists don't take literally.

Sacrament of Reconciliation-

I don't recall seeing anything remotely resembling that phrase in any bible. Was it in the manuscripts?

Mark 6:12-13 "So they went out and preached that men should repent. And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick and healed them."

Okay, I give up. What is it you think we fundamentalists don't take literally in those verses?

Importance of the Pope-

See my "I don't recall seeing..." above.

Matthew 16:18-19 "And I tell you, you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound to heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

Quester did a fine job answering this one. But, again, what are you suggesting we fundies take figuratively, as opposed to literally? Are you suggesting He was literally talking to a rock? ;O)

It's also interesting to note the play on words evident in the original Greek (sorry, not Latin) language. Peter is a small stone, but JESUS is the Rock. A few thousand posts back -- or, it might have been in a different thread altogether -- someone posted in large letters, "DID SOMEONE SAY 'ROCK'?!" followed by a rather long list of Scriptural evidence supporting the well-known biblical typology of Jesus as the Rock. Surely you know Jesus is the Rock.

If He was saying He was going to build His church upon Peter, it's rather odd that only 5 verses later He calls him Satan. :-)

Matthew 16:18-19 "And I tell you, you are Peter and on THIS ROCK I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound to heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Now this was Jesus talking, so this rock was referring to something else. "I don't recall" seeing I am the Rock or Jesus is the Rock. Do you? Let's break down "Sacrament of Reconciliation"... "Sacrament"-An visible sign of God's invisible grace. You could use Process of Reconciliation, Act of Reconciliation, etc.

DON'T GET PICKY ABOUT THE WORD "SACRAMENT!" "Reconciliation"-Please don't ell me because they use repent in the Bible, you can't use its synonym-reconcile. Matthew 16:18-19 "And I tell you, you are PETER AND ON THIS ROCK I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound to heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Whatever you consider rock is, I consider it a leader (just an inclination), and in this situation, it sounds like, what was that, do I hear a "Vicar of Christ" (another name for the Pope)? For some reason I could not paragragh where I should.

tHe AnTiLiB