From what I read on this forum Christians believe everything in the bible is a metaphor?

Question

for something else. If everything from Adam to Jesus asking himself why he had forsaken himself is nothing but a metaphor, why would christians take it litterally in the first place?

Why would god not just say what he means?

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure God didn't create a book to confuse us. Doesn't seem logical that God would try and confuse our thinking with metaphors, does it? Some of us, like me, obviously, are simpletons! ha. What some people believe from the scriptures just seems utterly ridiculous. In my opinion, the bible was written by a whole bunch of men. Woman haters. False idol believers. People who believe God is a punishing, torturing entity. I'm sorry. Call me a simpleton, but I don't believe Jesus was our savior. I don't believe that God is a torturing son of a gun. I don't believe God wants to fight over religion and create wars. I believe God is love...period.

Answer 2

First of all the reason why Jesus said while on the cross "My God why has thou forsaken me?" was because while Jesus was on the cross he became sin our sin and was being severely punished for them and Because God the Father is a Holy God He cannot be touched by sin so for the first time in all eternity the Father and the Son were separated.
Jesus had to suffer alone and it wasn't until after His resurrection that He was reunited with the Father and taken up to heaven.

I don't know why there are Christians who say they only believe the bible is a metaphor and not literally.
I believe it is to be taken literally and God says exactly what He means and means exactly what He says.

When Jesus was praying before His execution asking God for another way to do this He knew He would be separated from His Father while suffering for us and it was the separation He couldn't bear the thought of.

Answer 3

My take on it is that the more that the bible shows a lack of evidence or is disproved the more it becomes a metaphor. When I was a christian growing up, the watch word was "Take the bible literally", but that seems to have shifted.

Answer 4

Hang around. Perhaps the ones who take everything in the bible literally only come out at night but you can find them here. Trust me.

I think taking any of it as a metaphor is a cowardly cop-out. It doesn't make sense because its a bunch of made-up gibberish. We weren't created from a handful of dust, water enough to flood the planet could never come from the sky and vanish again and you can't get knowledge by eating a magic fruit. I could go on and on and on...

Answer 5

isn't it bemusing how atheists have faith Christians have faith each and every thing they study interior the bible even even though it relatively is not any longer authentic? is this the lax way that atheists arrive in any respect their bigoted notions approximately different communities or is it basically the Christians approximately whom they thoroughly have faith any rubbish devoid of any helping information?

Answer 6

I guess you are refering to Jesus saying My God why have you forsaken me...Read Psalm 22.
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My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why so far from my call for help, from my cries of anguish?
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My God, I call by day, but you do not answer; by night, but I have no relief.
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Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the glory of Israel.
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In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted and you rescued them.
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To you they cried out and they escaped; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
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3 But I am a worm, hardly human, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.
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All who see me mock me; they curl their lips and jeer; they shake their heads at me:
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"You relied on the LORD--let him deliver you; if he loves you, let him rescue you."
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Yet you drew me forth from the womb, made me safe at my mother's breast.
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Upon you I was thrust from the womb; since birth you are my God.
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Do not stay far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help.
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4 Many bulls surround me; fierce bulls of Bashan encircle me.
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They open their mouths against me, lions that rend and roar.
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Like water my life drains away; all my bones grow soft. My heart has become like wax, it melts away within me.
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5 As dry as a potsherd is my throat; my tongue sticks to my palate; you lay me in the dust of death.
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Many dogs surround me; a pack of evildoers closes in on me. So wasted are my hands and feet
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that I can count all my bones. They stare at me and gloat;
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they divide my garments among them; for my clothing they cast lots.
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But you, LORD, do not stay far off; my strength, come quickly to help me.
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Deliver me from the sword, my forlorn life from the teeth of the dog.
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Save me from the lion's mouth, my poor life from the horns of wild bulls.
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6 Then I will proclaim your name to the assembly; in the community I will praise you:
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"You who fear the LORD, give praise! All descendants of Jacob, give honor; show reverence, all descendants of Israel!
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7 For God has not spurned or disdained the misery of this poor wretch, Did not turn away from me, but heard me when I cried out.
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I will offer praise in the great assembly; my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.
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8 The poor will eat their fill; those who seek the LORD will offer praise. May your hearts enjoy life forever!"
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All the ends of the earth will worship and turn to the LORD; All the families of nations will bow low before you.
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For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations.
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9 All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage.
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And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you.
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The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought.
This psalm was written long before Jesus by David..I think God said what he meant here.

Answer 7

You haven't enough experience on here to know what Christians believe. I for one do not believe what you say.

Answer 8

parts that are considered 'proof' of god=literal translation...
parts that have been proven BS=metaphor...

Answer 9

God did (and does) say what He means.


Most of us are just too wrapped up in ourselves to understand.