2007-04-14 05:36:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
............but it's literal when it suits them.........
2007-04-14 05:40:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
the Bible is not meant to 'compute' with anything. It is not a textbook or a dictionary. I agree that people who say it is to be taken literally in every case have a difficulty, but their difficulty starts with their misreading of the Bible.
Both Jews and Catholics understand that the Bible was written by people, in a community, for a community, and the same God who inspired the writers, inspires the community to understand it.
Those who do not understand this have no rationale for deciding when to interpret the Bible 'literally' and when by 'analogy'; Catholics have a rationale in that they accept an authoritative interpretive body.
2007-04-14 14:03:05 · answer #2 · answered by a 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some examples would strengthen your argument. Blanket statements with no examples make your own reasoning appear weak and give no weight for the reader to believe your logic is not equally flawed.
2007-04-14 12:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by David S 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because God works in mysterious ways. Otherwise Kirk Cameron wouldn't have proved his existence with a simple bananna... hahaha
God I love this video (1min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zwbhAXe5yk
Err, I meant Jeez I love that video.
2007-04-14 12:39:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Brainwashing. Most are incapable of logical thought.
2007-04-14 12:39:37 · answer #5 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
And, of course, you conveniently forgot to give examples of a question that you must have labored all day to come up with? How nice for you.
2007-04-14 12:42:05 · answer #6 · answered by vox populi 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Because I see and you do not.
2007-04-14 12:41:40 · answer #7 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i can't answer your question
2007-04-14 12:40:05 · answer #8 · answered by ofe 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋