16-Apr-2012, 9:37 AM
...so you cherry-pick the metaphorical elements so that the text remains consistent? "Hmm, this doesn't make literal sense...therefore it's metaphorical. This, on the other hand, is probable...therefore, we'll consider it to be literal truth." Circular reasoning, no?
Again, it also raises the question as to why the deity would choose for the text to be so impenetrable (some sects believe it all to be literal truth, while others don't). At least give us headers that indicate which parts are merely metaphorical!
Again, it also raises the question as to why the deity would choose for the text to be so impenetrable (some sects believe it all to be literal truth, while others don't). At least give us headers that indicate which parts are merely metaphorical!
Quote:In Jr. High School, I would take a gummi bear, squeeze its ears into points so it looked like Yoda, and then I would say to it "Eat you, I will!". And of course then I would it eat.