i luv how that word...allegory, is now used to describe the bible. no more literal translation as it seems to far fetched. what was that last verse in revelations.....oh ya, dont change one word of tha bible or your damned to hell--but its still an allegory right?
2006-09-09 07:06:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
thanx yum yum
2006-09-09 11:07:27 · update #1
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2006-09-09 10:08:59 · answer #1 · answered by yumyum 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, there is no inerrant text of The Bible in existance today. So, it has already been changed by the hand of man many times in the last 2000 yrs.... God will take that matter up with those responsable in God's good time... as to the streets of Gold... probably, why not? God could well do that...would look kind of neat don't you think?
As for the crowns... maybe, representing the rewards earned as stated in most texts... but that could be aligorical... those who make it to Heaven will find out... not something even one of The Church should spend too much time on though. Niether subject affects ones Salvation one way or the other. And Salvation is what the Book is about.
2006-09-09 07:16:02 · answer #2 · answered by IdahoMike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What, so the God who made gold and everything else, can't pave His roads in gold? I would! And crowns, people deck themselves out with jewelry here, why not there? What's far-fetched about that? And what is far-fetched about the Bible, after all the crazy stuff people believe today? The Bible has 3 dimensions: literal, spiritual, prophetic. It's like digging for treasure, once you start, it's hard to stop. Most people just surface read, and that's why they give up. The Bible explains itself, compare verse with verse.
2006-09-09 07:27:00 · answer #3 · answered by reaching4thestars 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allegory!
Yes.
2006-09-09 07:11:33 · answer #4 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heaven is a wonderful place. Read 90 min in heaven by Piper. There are people who have been in heaven, and they are here to tell. And they describe heaven like Bible describes it.
2006-09-09 07:11:56 · answer #5 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-09-09 07:13:27 · answer #6 · answered by eva b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I`m sticking with you, I`m created from glue. What a Liberty! You didn`t come right here to be insulted... people casting aspersions. this ought to be nipped interior the bud. The very concept . We have faith you , you're a physician. no longer chatting ,, typing merrily at will. undesirable Will!
2016-11-06 23:46:31 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in a literal sense.. the idea is to portray a heaven of a lack of want or desire
2006-09-09 07:08:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is truly all about perception, my friend. If someone wants to believe in fairy's, then by all means it's their choice, you know?
2006-09-09 07:12:34 · answer #9 · answered by samaustinashlee_billiewjr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where would they get all that gold from?
2006-09-09 07:09:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋