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  • Should the Bible be interpreted literally?

    06/25/2003 7:09:15 AM PDT · by Gargantua · 112 replies · 464+ views
    Self | June 25, 2003 | Gargantua
    A question has arisen among FReeper believers, and deserves a thread on which to air beliefs. Is it right to take, for instance, the New Testament books of John, Luke and Mark as literal history, but then to interpret the Old Testament books, Like Genesis or Job as being merely symbolic? I believe in the perfect, complete, inherent and inerrant literal truth of all the books of the Bible, both Old and New Testament. Also, does believing literally in the New Testament but perceiving the Old Testament as "symbolism" disqualify one from Salvation according to the Bible? I am a...