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Should We Take the Bible Literally or Figuratively?
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| April 17, 2007
| Mary Harwell Sayler
Posted on 04/18/2007 11:20:10 AM PDT by Salvation
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Another thread to discuss the Bible.
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:20:12 AM PDT
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Salvation
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:22:18 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(" With God all things are possible. ")
To: Salvation
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:28:08 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
To: Salvation
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’ 35 If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:31:52 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.)
To: Salvation
at times literally (Jesus rose from the dead.)
at times figuratively. (Jesus the Lamb of God.)
At times both. (Jesus being the stone the builders rejected.)
IMHO.
Where is speaks on faith and morals, how to live a life the way God wants us to, it’s quite clear.
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:37:04 AM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: Salvation; MarkBsnr
I would like to see you guys discuss:
To What Degree does the Bible Matter to Catholicism?
"I have repeatedly offered $1000 to anyone who can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of the holy Catholic Church alone. The Bible says, 'Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.' The Catholic Church says: 'No. By my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week.' And lo! The entire civilized world bows down in a reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic Church. Priest Thomas Enright, CSSR, President of Redemptorist College, Kansas City, Missouri, in a lecture at Hartford, Kansas, and printed in the American Sentinel, June 1883, a New York Roman Catholic journal.
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:38:40 AM PDT
by
kerryusama04
(John 19:31)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:42:02 AM PDT
by
Between the Lines
(I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations. So should you.)
To: kerryusama04
"I have repeatedly offered $1000 to anyone who can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy.Is that literally or figuratively?
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:44:17 AM PDT
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Between the Lines
(I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations. So should you.)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Excellent examples! Thank you!
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:45:13 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(" With God all things are possible. ")
To: Between the Lines
To: kerryusama04
Don’t be a “one-issue” guy here, please. There are many other things that we can discuss.
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:47:05 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(" With God all things are possible. ")
To: All
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:47:31 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(" With God all things are possible. ")
To: kerryusama04
This issue was discussed at length on the Catholics and Jesus Christ thread.
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:49:11 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(" With God all things are possible. ")
To: Salvation
Don’t be a “one-issue” guy here, please. There are many other things that we can discuss. You see the word Sabbath and you assume I want to discuss that.... again? Address my inquiry, please. Is the Bible important to Catholicism, if at all, and how much? Is the Church bound by the scriptures or are the scriptures bound by the Church?
To: Salvation
Nice article. I’ve always thought the answer to this question is “yes,” because so much of the Bible is written in allegory and parable.
To: kerryusama04
Actually that joke has a double meaning. Did you get the part of the joke that implied you are off topic?
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:51:50 AM PDT
by
Between the Lines
(I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations. So should you.)
To: Salvation
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:53:29 AM PDT
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labette
To: Salvation
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:56:08 AM PDT
by
pa mom
(God bless Tech--and I'm a Wahoo!)
To: Salvation
“Should we take the Bible literally or figuratively?”
Yes.
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:59:31 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("There is no such thing as death for a Christian who believes in the Resurrection." ~ Fr. Ho Lung)
To: kerryusama04
I’ll lay a counter offer...I’ll give you $1000 if you can prove to me that Gentile Christians are either directly told to “keep the Sabbath” or told directly that “breaking the Sabbath” is a sin.
Sincerely
P.S. I’m not a Catholic.
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