lets also add, with a given that god DID speak to people and the writers of the bible are true prophets, would god have been very literal? you have a group whos barely learned agriculture, nomadic, not much in the way of building. a year seems a long long time to them. you gonna explain the birds and the bees of how the universe was created? nope, a few easy steps. first i did this, than this. then that, and that, and then that. how long? ohh, not long for me. youd think of it as about 6 days.
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:31:09 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <<< Instead, the Bible contains conflicting statements, > allegorical descriptions of creation, and predictions of the future that > can be related to events only after the fact. >>> > > When I was a kid, a remark from a priest went further than most to heal the > rift between observed reality and religion: > > "Jesus taught spiritual truths through story telling. God and Jesus are of > one nature. So why wouldn't God inspire the prophets and scribes with > instructive stories?" > > It makes sense. Jesus, as recounted in the Bible, was obviously not one for > brickheaded (oh, he was a carpenter -- logheaded) literalism. He was > *constantly* telling stories and speaking through analogy and metaphor. > > Erik Baard > > -- "Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write" Voltaire
