Is the Bible literal or allegorical? Believers disagree on this. Why should non-believers listen to them if?

Question

beleivers cannot even agree on this basic issue?

Answer 1

anything supernatural in the Bible is fiction or misinterpretation of natural events. Primitive people can be forgiven for trying to explain things in a supernatural way but not people living in the 21st Century.

Answer 2

When Christ says that he was teaching in parables, does this give you a hint?
You don't have to believe in a literal Adam and Eve, or a literal Noah, to be a Christian. You have to believe, however, that there is value in the lessons of the Bible.
The historical lessons of the Bible have been never disproved. There is a lot of literal history in the Bible.

Answer 3

The part about Eve and her talking snake is literal.

Also the part about Jesus floating upward like a gentle balloon, that is literal.

Also the part about Joshua commanding the sun to stand still, that is literal; and that's now I know astronomy is false.

Answer 4

Curiosity? Interest in your fellow man? Insight into human nature? There's lots of good reasons to engage in religious and philosophical discourse.

Answer 5

I believe the bible is a little of both... and why should non-believers listen to us... they shouldn't. God gave us all minds... I believe we should all use them, don't believe someone just because they "claim" to be right.

Answer 6

I belong to the camp that says, you should take it literal unless the scripture tells you it is a parable.

God is supernatural and all Christians accept that He does exist.
So why would we discount supernatural events like miracles?

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Answer 7

That is an answer we should all seek for ourselves. We can't rely on others to provide that which only God can give.