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Originally posted by divegeesterAs should those who think it is ALL analogy.
Those Christians who take the entire Bible literally should read this post.
Originally posted by RJHindsThat's just a dodge isn't it.
I don't have the patience to answer your stupid questions. 😏
Originally posted by divegeestergetting smacked down by R J Hinds, the shame of it, its been a rough ride for you in the forums these last few days, I was beginning to feel sorry for you but it didn't last long.😵
That's just a dodge isn't it.
There has been a lot of discussion on this forum about certain aspects of the literal content of the Bible; you for one have vehemently defended the literal interpretation of Hell and eternal suffering. But here you are saying that you don't know of any Christians who take the entire Bible literally.
So which parts o ...[text shortened]... hink are those most commonly accepted being analogous by all the Christians you know personally?
Originally posted by vistesdThanks for that long post. I cannot answer respond to all of it and would not even try to. Neverthless I appreciate your well thought out points and some certainly worth further contemplation on my part.
NRS John 17:12 While I was with them, I kept those you had given me true to your name. I have watched over them and not one is lost [b]except one who was destined to be lost, and this was to fulfil the scriptures.
YLT John 17:12 when I was with them in the world, I was keeping them in Thy name; those whom Thou hast given to me I did guard, [ ...[text shortened]... s” to love. Not in my own mind, anyway. I either need to get back there, or I need to shut up.
Originally posted by vistesdI am in the third camp.
I have no problem with figures of speech in the Bible—or metaphor or myth, for that matter. As you note (and I think I mentioned somewhere) we use similar figures of speech today.
The question is really twofold: Biblical literalism, per se (stopping the sun in the sky); and the nature of Biblical inspiration. If the Biblical texts represent the “word ...[text shortened]... th all due respect and acknowledgement of Rajk’s critique of OSAS Christianity—is where I stand.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHYou miss the point. If the sun actually stopped, how would that make the day (daylight) last any longer? As far as I know, the length of an earth day is determined by the rotation of the earth. Do you dispute that was the case in the time of Joshua?
[b]I am in the third camp.
Your tent is on fire.
Do I mean that in a lyrical sense: am I speaking of a stirring in my loins inspired by the fabric of your, um, inner beauty?
The mind blossoms in the considerations of endless iterations.
Or do I mean it in a quasi-poetical, semi-allegorical sense: your protection is at risk?
Either way, I mea ...[text shortened]... of the universe around which the whole spectacle revolves?
Sometimes poetry leads us astray.[/b]
Originally posted by vistesdperhaps it was an optical illusion. Surely God could create the illusion that the sun stood still?
You miss the point. If the sun actually stopped, how would that make the day (daylight) last any longer? As far as I know, the length of an earth day is determined by the rotation of the earth. Do you dispute that was the case in the time of Joshua?