The resurrection of Christ is not a figure of speech -- there is no slippery slope here. One just has to realize what the difference between sacred and secular history is.
"John W. Redelfs" wrote: > After much pondering, Marc A. Schindler favored us with: > >People think Churchill's remark that sometimes a truth is so precious that > >it has > >to be protected by numerous lies is a cynical reading of history, but > >there's a > >lot of wisdom to that. It doesn't matter when Jericho's walls came > >tumbling down. > >It's pretty certain that they didn't tumble when Joshua's account said > >they did, > >but so what? That's not the point. > > I think it makes a lot of difference whether or not Moses was a liar. It > also makes a lot of difference whether or not we may rely upon the Bible > for anything. I understand the qualifier in the Article of Faith. But if > the story of the wall tumbling is not to be taken literally, perhaps we > shouldn't take the story of the Israelites in Egypt seriously > either. Maybe the resurrection of Christ was just a figure of speech. > > I think we are in danger of throwing the baby out with the bath water when > we start labeling as figurative those things that might be literally > true. And we need to remember that just because something is symbolism, > doesn't mean that is not also literally true. Literal facts can serve as > symbols. > > I would like to see a thread on how we separate the figurative from the > literal in scripture. Do we just automatically assume a thing is only a > figure of speech if it doesn't fit in with our naturalistic interpretation > of the human past? > > John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =========================================== > "Atheistic humanism is the opiate of the self-described > intellectuals" --Uncle Bob > =========================================== > All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland �The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities. We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we don�t want a world of engineers.� � Sir Winston Churchill (1950) Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author�s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ${list_promo}
