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- ukit0
Yeah, fair point, life is complicated right? But where do you get off saying most people are not literal about religion? For several thousand years...scratch that, all of human existence...people have taken religion literally...Galileo was thrown in prison for suggesting that the Earth rotated around the sun. Less than a century ago the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that evolution couldn't be taught in schools. Up until Obama became prez the U.S. refused to do stem cell experiments.
I don't think anyone's being "close minded" by critiquing religion from that point of view. A non-literal interpretation of religion is an extremely recent development, almost a historical footnote, it's like saying Kayne West represents all of rap music.
- I never said people ARN't literal about religion, I said I'M NOT and so are plenty otherseieio
- And BTW, it's a move away from religion, not towards itukit
- Well, you were giving us shit for criticizing the rib statement on that groundsukit
- non literal speaking in religion especially Christianty certainly SIN't a new thing.eieio
- Jeus speaks non literally constantly in the New Testament and says so specificallyeieio
- ORLY? Examples plsukit
- He has to re-explain all his non-literal speaking to his disciples because it confuses everyoneeieio
- What I'm wondering is, did people for the first 1,900 years post Jesus believe in literalism or not?ukit
- And where does it say that the Old Testament isn't literal?ukit
- I mean what, was Noah's Ark just a really complicated metaphor?ukit
- some thought literal some didn't, its a complicated issue no doubteieio