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Why read the Bible literally: take two

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Nighttrain
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Message 132 of 306 (240772)
09-06-2005 6:09 AM 		Reply to: Message 129 by Steve8
09-05-2005 11:36 PM

Re: Quite possible?
Hi,Steve, and welcome. Somewhere along the line, I read a statement by C.S.Lewis which goes approx like this--'I`ve been reading narrative all my life, and the Bible is narrative,' Any idea of where he may have said this?
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09-07-2005 4:29 AM 		Reply to: Message 145 by Steve8
09-06-2005 10:50 PM

Re: Quite possible?
Steve,Steve,Steve, not to be patronising, but did it ever occur to you that we evos might not be starting from scratch. That your ideas might not have been covered extensively in the past in EvC? That you are trotting out the same rubbish we have effectively debunked many times. Do a search of EvC, or try to come up with a new twist instead of regurgitating AIG, etc.tosh that hasn`t improved in decades. That has been proven wrong and that they never have the decency to correct or remove from their websites. If you were an atheistic evolutionist in the past, you must have had a shallow knowledge of evo arguments to ever go to the Dark Side.
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09-12-2005 7:41 AM 		Reply to: Message 195 by Steve8
09-11-2005 6:49 PM

Re: Quite possible?
If Peter took it to be literally true (he describes the Flood as being God's judgment...are you saying it was just a story??...then what judgment is he talking about if it never happened???...a judgment that never happened is not a judgment lol), and he was a disciple of Jesus, why wouldn't Jesus also? Three years together, and Peter thought it was literal and Jesus didn't??? You really believe Jesus would let Peter labor under that illusion?? Wouldn't he be misleading his disciples to do that? I can just see Jesus now, "That's right, you just go and preach the Flood as God's judgment" while thinking, "oops the Flood never happened...oh well"!!!! Sorry, but that sounds pretty insane!
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Well, since there is no evidence that the Flood ever happened-----
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Sorry, but that sounds pretty insane
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Now you`re getting the picture.
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09-12-2005 7:49 PM 		Reply to: Message 218 by Steve8
09-12-2005 7:37 PM

Re: Bump
You see, historical reality and theological doctrine stand or fall together in the Christian faith
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Couldn`t have put it better myself.
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09-14-2005 2:01 AM 		Reply to: Message 225 by Steve8
09-14-2005 1:29 AM

Re: Fact or Illustration
O.k. Steve, you are coming across as a basically fair person, so I won`t hit you with too many curly ones.
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Do you believe illnesses/afflictions are caused by demons/devils?
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