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The Bible: Literal or Figurative

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Hangdawg13
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Message 12 of 40 (118114)
06-24-2004 12:51 AM 		Reply to: Message 10 by Mission for Truth
06-23-2004 4:53 PM

Re: Can Someone Please Read My Post?
The Bible was written by men guided by the Holy Spirit so that every jot and tittle is the way God intended it to be. Since it is "god-breathed" it is absolute truth. Sure, metaphors and symbolism are used along with many other literary devices. And of course one must have a complete knowledge of the original languages to get an absolutely precise interpretation.
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I believe in the Bible is found the absolute moral and spiritual truth. I also believe God has included many hidden secrets in the Bible for those who want to search them out.
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"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the honor of kings to search out a matter." Proverbs 25:2
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Hangdawg13
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08-05-2004 2:00 AM 		Reply to: Message 29 by jar
08-04-2004 11:25 PM

Re: Can the Bible be Figurative?
The geneologies are certainly mostly fiction. Their ages are pure fiction.
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Now can you prove that?
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Hangdawg13
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08-06-2004 1:14 AM 		Reply to: Message 33 by jar
08-05-2004 8:20 AM

Re: Can the Bible be Figurative?
I'm only saying that you can neither prove nor disprove your dogmatic statment that the geneologies and ages were mythical and had no foundation in reality.
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Without proof either way, I don't think its good to be so dogmatic about it.
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