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To: Cronos; Zionist Conspirator; NCLaw441
If we do not take the Bible to be completely literal,

If you are saying that we read the historical narratives in the Bible as history, then I would agree. But not all the Bible is meant to be taken literally, e.g., the Psalms are a book of poetry with poetic imagery. The prophets and Revelation are apocalyptic literature, again, with many symbols and images, that, while literally true, are not necessarily to be read “literally.”

The problem is when we try to read history as symbolism or allegory or prophecy as “history written in advance” as we would read the morning newspaper.

I take Genesis 1-3 as historical narrative so I believe the Bible teaches that the universe was created in 6 normal days, 6 evening-mornings.

49 posted on 01/25/2011 2:21:06 PM PST by topcat54 ("Dispensationalism -- an error of Biblical proportions.")
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To: topcat54; Zionist Conspirator; wideawake

Yes. the problem seems to be a slippery slope. If one says Gen 1 is a myth, I think the slop leads to saying the entire Bible is a myth


50 posted on 01/25/2011 9:43:29 PM PST by Cronos
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