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To: SeekAndFind

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Very stealthful, disingenuous article!

The thoughts expressed in the Bible are literally true, regardless of whether you are comfortable with how they are expressed.
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5 posted on 11/25/2017 11:46:09 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Very stealthful, disingenuous article!

The thoughts expressed in the Bible are literally true, regardless of whether you are comfortable with how they are expressed.


Many parts of the Bible are not literally true. There are numerous parables. There are visions left to us to interpret. There is poetic language.

The apostles ask Jesus to interpret his parables, and to tell them what they mean, several times.

Some phrases are used in several different ways where in context, they have different meanings. We need to pick one in each case.

Literal meaning of the Bible, as I have looked at it, is far from clear in a lot of cases.

I often ask God for clarification.


18 posted on 11/25/2017 12:18:43 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: editor-surveyor

I’m not sure what your point is... if the thoughts expressed are true, then what are the implications? Does God command people to commit genocide? Can we worship such a God?


30 posted on 11/25/2017 1:10:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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