Where the Bible is factually correct, it is to be taken literally. Where it is not factually correct, it is to be taken allegorically. Just BRILLIANT!!!!
2007-11-02 01:50:08 · 6 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the U.S., brilliant means "very very smart". In England, brilliant means "great".
2007-11-02 02:03:07 · update #1
Then the whole thing would have to be taken allegorically assuming you wish to that far
2007-11-02 01:53:24 · answer #1 · answered by darwinsfriend AM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indeed. If not the absolute top, it's one of the top 2 or 3 brilliant treatises on religion and explanations of the religious experience ever compiled.
2007-11-02 08:55:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Forgive my ignorance, but being Australian, I did not realise that brilliant means something different in the US than it does in England.
2007-11-02 08:58:34 · answer #3 · answered by Lofty M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes theology can be so brilliant it forgets God.
2007-11-02 09:02:43 · answer #4 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh.... yeah.... I need a little sarcasm to go with my coffee this morning.
I feel so much better now.
2007-11-02 08:55:26 · answer #5 · answered by Keltasia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong.....
You have to use basic exegesis to know when to read it as hyperbole, when to read it as metaphor.....and when to read it as literal.
Scripture as a whole is 100% reliable......unlike any other source document that exists in this world......ours was written by God
2007-11-02 08:54:11 · answer #6 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋