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re: Don't take the Bible literally says scholar who brought earliest Latin analysis of Gospels
Posted on 8/27/17 at 8:30 pm to gthog61
Posted on 8/27/17 at 8:30 pm to gthog61
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All talk about improbable stories aside, I find it fascinating that a lot of the advice of the Bible still has relevance considering it was written by somebody who had to be a lot more primitive than anybody today.
Probably applies to a lot of ancient writings. Aesop fables being an obvious example.
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Posted on 8/27/17 at 8:31 pm to airfernando
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I advise people to take Jesus's death, burial, and resurrection as highly literal and accept his payment for sin.
Why?
Posted on 8/27/17 at 8:32 pm to biglego
It's almost like our ancestors knew a thing or two about the human condition and the current trend of dismissing them as ignorant troglodytes is a little short-sighted.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 8:34 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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The Gospels can't even agree what time of day Christ was crucified
3 of the 4 say he died at "the 9th hour", 3 pm. That is the biggest point with Good Friday. Not when he was crucified, but when he died.
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When God said, "Let us make man in our own image", who was he talking to?
The whole premise of the Creation Story is that it was told by God to the author, supposedly Moses. The "us" and "our" was referring to the angels. Man was supposed to be perfect, with the one difference between him and God/the angels being the lack of knowledge of good and evil.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 8:39 pm to pwejr88
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For example, "eye for an eye tooth for a tooth" is stating that the punishment should fit the crime, when read in context.
Correct. The intent was to put an upper limit on retaliation.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 9:44 pm to Mo Jeaux
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Why?
Just flip your coin, smart guy.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 10:08 pm to HempHead
We aren't any smarter than we were then, we've just had more time to work on shite.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 10:40 pm to fr33manator
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You're saying a 500 year old guy and his sons didn't really build an enormous ship in a week
Who says it took a week? Maybe 20-40 years:
https://answersingenesis.org/bible-timeline/how-long-did-it-take-for-noah-to-build-the-ark/
Posted on 8/27/17 at 10:59 pm to tigersbh
But he was 500?
Posted on 8/27/17 at 11:07 pm to Bench McElroy
Thinking themselves wise....
Posted on 8/27/17 at 11:11 pm to Bench McElroy
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and it suggests that readers should not take the Bible literally.
Most ordinary christian religious folk have pretty much came up with this same interpretation on their own without being any type of scholar.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 11:15 pm to Bench McElroy
I went to Catholic school in middle school. I am pretty sure we were taught that that old testament were parables...
The time between Jesus's apparent death and when the bible was written was several hundred years. So between that time and translating it, I doubt it was 100% accurate. Then the bible is a collection of writing that were picked to be published so what did the other stuff say?
Why would anyone take it literal?
The time between Jesus's apparent death and when the bible was written was several hundred years. So between that time and translating it, I doubt it was 100% accurate. Then the bible is a collection of writing that were picked to be published so what did the other stuff say?
Why would anyone take it literal?
Posted on 8/27/17 at 11:17 pm to gthog61
That's likely a product of the number of people that still hold to the mythology today.
People are people, and with the right influences, behavior is relatively predictable.
People are people, and with the right influences, behavior is relatively predictable.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 11:26 pm to Bench McElroy
I've honestly thought this for a while. The bible and religion are a moral guide to life. If you need it, use it. If you can be a decent human without it, so be it.
But for Christians to damn and condemn non believers is comical
But for Christians to damn and condemn non believers is comical
Posted on 8/27/17 at 11:34 pm to OweO
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The time between Jesus's apparent death and when the bible was written was several hundred years.
The Old Testament books were written down long before Jesus. The Gospels were written shortly after Jesus, and Paul wrote most of the other New Testament books in the decades after Jesus. The Bible wasn't assembled into one big book for a long time, but the individual books were all written.
Posted on 8/28/17 at 3:31 am to Bench McElroy
Wow, a religious thread not whacked? What gives?
Posted on 8/28/17 at 3:35 am to biglego
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I'm catholic also, and don't recall the church telling me the earth was 7,000 years old.
He must be referring to the Southern Baptists. They believe in the Santa Clause all you can eat buffet type of Heaven.
This post was edited on 8/28/17 at 3:36 am
Posted on 8/28/17 at 4:09 am to High C
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Just flip your coin, smart guy.
Wut?
Posted on 8/28/17 at 5:08 am to Cowboyfan89
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There are several things in the Bible that I've never understood how anyone can take as literal. Ad
Several things? How convenient.
Who gets to choose what is meant literally or figuratively?
Posted on 8/28/17 at 5:46 am to Bench McElroy
But that blind faith thing tho
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