Is it a guessing game?
Or is it a matter of which interpretation(s)
best fits their conveniences?
2007-12-03 05:40:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
whatever you can justify take it literally and whatever you can't call it metaphor.
2007-12-03 05:45:04 · answer #1 · answered by Happily Happy 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The truth is that, without God tangibly expressing his Will, there is no way to determine what is literal and what is a metaphor.
Christians claim that the flood story is a metaphor, because it doesn't work scientifically, but then claim that Jesus turning water into wine, was literal?? Why?
Why would Jesus raising from the dead not be a metaphor about humans overcoming evil?
In reality the entire Bible is a metaphor created by mankind to reflect his own nature.
2007-12-03 05:47:08 · answer #2 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Generally it's when modern education and advances in scientific knowledge show that a certain story in the bible is beyond ludicrous, and hopelessly impossible, in other words when it pins the needle on the BS Scale.....well, then the fundies say "Oh, that's just a parable, and not to be taken literally." More and more of The Big Story Book is falling into this category.
2007-12-03 05:45:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
every word is to be taken serious but one must define that word to understand it.
1 simple example....
bible calls something a "booth" and tells people to go to it.
most would easily assume this is some tent booth or such like we find at a fair today. but when defined... its actually a Native Indian Wigwam made of sticks.
starting reading and have different defintions of the words.... and the story won't make sense. this is where Strong's and Webster come in.
2007-12-03 05:45:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, no guessing with the Spirit of truth.
By study and spiritual discernment.
Almost everything is to be taken SPIRITUALLY.
It is very serious, no best fits.
2007-12-03 05:48:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The whole Bible should not be interpreted literally.
Only morons do that.
2007-12-03 05:44:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Divine inspiration.
2007-12-03 05:43:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
common sense
2007-12-03 05:44:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
catholics should just ask their confessor, protestant can decide for themself
2007-12-03 05:47:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋