Why do many Christians say that some parts of the Bible are literal, while others are metaphoric or symbolic? Many Christians defend certain parts of the Old Testament where God’s words are questionable (i.e. his destroying of cities, telling humans to hate their parents, his favoritism shown towards men over women, etc.) by saying that they are not to be taken literally. Then, they explain what God really meant when he said these things. If these Christians are correct, how do they know when other parts of God’s word are to be taken literally? Or, is the entire Bible like a Bob Dylan song and entirely metaphoric? If this is the case, wouldn’t the only people who could take the real meaning of the metaphor be the highly intellectual? Or, are all of the Christians just tangled up in blue?
2007-08-30
06:09:13
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