Are You Religious?

[geodave]

Well, now, I didn't say I think JESUS is metaphorical. On the contrary, Jesus only makes sense to me if he really existed, really died (sorry Muslims) and was really resurrected. Otherwise, as Paul said, Christianity is pointless and miserable.

On the other hand, that doesn't restrict me from believing that perhaps large parts of Genesis are recordings of the oral traditions of the Hebrews. After all, even Moses didn't write the end of Deueteronomy, where Moses dies.

I'm a firm believer that myth doesn't come from nowhere. Do I think that Noah literally collected two of each species (and seven pairs of some)? Maybe. Is it possible that this is metaphorical? Yes. Did SOMETHING catastrophic happen the past involving a flood. PROBABLY.

Does anyone think that all of Revelation is literal? Did you know that 666 is already on most of the products you buy? Hasn't "this generation" died out already, and yet not "all of these things" have been fulfilled?

Hmmmmmmm??????