Is there a passage that says the Bible is never symbolic?
2006-12-13 09:04:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The bible is the biggest load of propaganda ever written...nothing but an elaborate fairy-tale
2006-12-13 09:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by Glen Quagmire 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What makes you think that the holocaust wasn't symbolic? The entire bible is set up to be read as a historical account coupled in with devine revelation. There are certain parts of the bible that are symbolical, but most of those are quite obvious as when it says "and Jesus spoke in parables and said..."
2006-12-13 17:09:50 · answer #2 · answered by Alucard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(OT)
In Aramaic culture, they have an awareness that God is omnipotent and does not have a body (that would be a limitation). So they begin metaphorical stories with the 'flag' (like our 'once upon a time' flag) having God in a body doing something in a very limited way - - - sitting on a rock to sew together animal skins to cloth Adam and Eve, riding on a horse, etc.
They also use phrases like the '_____ of God' not to indicate that God Himself made the thing, but that it was/is the best version of those kinds of things that humans could ever make themselves. 'A carpet made by the hand of God' is not asserted to actually have been made by God, but is the finest kind available. Thus, when they assert that these commandments were written by the finger of God.......
(NT)
Whenever Jesus (or whomever is speaking) says: 'like', or 'as if', or words to the same effect, what follows will be a metaphor or a parable.
2006-12-13 17:15:32 · answer #3 · answered by raxivar 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In many cases it is symbolic, and the first step in valid exegesis is knowing what is symbolic and what is meant to be taken literally. Many of the misinterpretations and resulting false beliefs so rampant in Protestantism are the result of the inability to make such a distinction accurately.
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2006-12-13 17:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of its content ,though it has symbolic examples of how to live a godly life.
2006-12-13 17:08:48 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL!! You don't know ... that's why it's so funny to watch people battle over different interpretations of the bible!!
2006-12-13 17:10:47 · answer #6 · answered by Cristy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is
St. Augustine goes through the entire old testament showing its symbolism
2006-12-13 17:06:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
parts are intended to be literal, others allegorical and it's usually pretty easy to tell which is which.
BTW: are you the same Ouroboros who hosted a delphi forum several years back?
2006-12-13 17:08:16 · answer #8 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some things have spiritual meanings God will reveal the truth to those who seek it. The Holy Spirit reveals truth to you. continue to seek and pray and meditate on God and he will reveal his truth to you.
2006-12-13 17:07:48 · answer #9 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
those who seek the Lord will be shown
2006-12-13 17:10:23 · answer #10 · answered by Sweetness 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋