don't you think we need a new concept or allow the concept to evolve to something that suits the zeitgeist?
I think this depends on whether God is real or whether god is just a nice concept to base our morals on.
If God is real, then we ought to be able to ask him. He certainly seemed to intervene in both Israel and the Church. Why not now?
My contention is the biblical writings are so open to interpretation that it has caused the many sects within the primary faith itself.
My contention would be that most readers of the Bible have lost any real experience with God, so there's nothing to direct them.
where do believers make the distinction between what parts of the bible to take literally and what parts not to, and why?
The apostles and early churches took it figuratively wherever needed to match their experience with God. The defense of their interpretation was the power they possessed to change lives, to create love, and to obtain intervention from God.
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
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