2006-10-23 13:39:43 · 13 answers · asked by Thinx 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The problem with not taking it entirely literally, rather than completely or not at all, is that there is no way to tell exactly which parts of it to take literally. Did Noah's Ark really happen, despite all of the arguments against it? Should we be following the second set of commandments? How can you claim that some of this is metaphorical, yet some of it is completely irrefutable?
2006-10-23 13:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by DoctorScurvy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not me. It takes a certain amount of intelligence to be able to understand what is abstract. There are those who can not read but can hear ti understand but there are far more that can not go beyond the concrete. The Bible and what it says would be leaving very many people without a way to understand God if they had to be able to reason beyond the literal. If there was not a literal truth in most of the word then many would be left without a witness. As it is written most chapters contain layered truths. At each rereading of a scripture added information appears. The simplest layer is the literal. The additional layers in my experience are additions to the literal, and so the literal needs be understood first. I have twice been in churches where one of the sincerest and most lovable believers were not in the least bit bright. They understood just a few literal truths
2006-10-25 00:57:21 · answer #2 · answered by ronnysox60 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I definately think so because i had some friends that lived close by and they took the bible so seriously that their games involved God or Jesus, so yes some people do take the bible too seriously.
2006-10-23 13:44:32 · answer #3 · answered by jack 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and even then we don't know a deity intended it to be that way. The bible was put together by a committee who decided what to include and not to include. For all we know.. man had the intentions not deities.
2006-10-23 13:42:49 · answer #4 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not possible to say what God intended because you cannot even prove that God exists. If you cannot even prove God exists you cannot say anything meaningful about God.
2006-10-23 13:42:29 · answer #5 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I highly recommend reading " Conversations with God" I forget the author, but it touches on that, and confirms the believers, but not fanatics idea of it all
2006-10-23 13:43:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what God HImself says:
Isaiah 66:2
For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the LORD. “ But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.
2006-10-23 13:43:57 · answer #7 · answered by beek 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HELL YEA . its not that i don't believe or anything , its just that ppl are getting out of control with this. they feel that their Gods are the ruler of their life and they don't take responsibility for anything.
2006-10-23 13:45:23 · answer #8 · answered by truelfye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the time, i think god wants you to be good and decent and try to be good to people and all things that is what god is to me
2006-10-23 13:45:26 · answer #9 · answered by kelly loves animals 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen.
2006-10-23 13:42:44 · answer #10 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋