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Author Topic:   Biblical Literalism: Can it be true yet symbolic?
Yaro
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Message 7 of 64 (250242)
10-09-2005 9:56 AM
Reply to: Message 6 by Phat
10-09-2005 9:20 AM


Re: What is the real definition of Biblical Literalism?
For now, though I'll ask this question: Which came first? The One whom made us? Who created us? Who defined our parameters?
Or did we come first and invent the stories...the myths...the fables....and the parables?
Assumming there was a creator... well, we came first I mean, if there was a creator he kicked it off back at the primordial soup, so that means we humans got our smarts some 1.5-1 million years ago. If that's the case, then we made it up.
That is, if this assumed creator didn't have any sort of devine input along the way.

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Yaro
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Message 9 of 64 (250244)
10-09-2005 10:15 AM
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10-09-2005 10:05 AM


Re: What is the real definition of Biblical Literalism?
Assuming God DOES exist,(which I do! )
does this mean that the Bible should be taken literally(in a symbolic sense), or do we just junk the Bible and approach God through prayer, meditation, and communion in His name with other people?
Assuming God Existis...
His presence would be self evident and pervasive. This means not only the bible will have truth, but all works in contemplation of him and his nature. In other words, truths would resound thrughout the world in every text and faccet of nature.
Why not? I don't think God is the type of guy to give exclusive rights to a tribe of dirty nomads. I would imagine the true God (I'm still open to the possibility) would be so far beyond human conceptions that we are lucky to have even the littlest smidge of an inkling concerning his nature.

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Yaro
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Message 14 of 64 (258807)
11-11-2005 10:15 AM
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11-11-2005 10:07 AM


Re: What is the real definition of Biblical Literalism?
Hmmmm...
Well, I don't belive in a god. But that's because I don't see any evidence for any of the gods man has proposed. I belive there could be a god, but that none of us has posited a god that actualy exists 100% as described.
I would think a real god would be more Pantheistic than Deistic. I think the universe itself would be god in a sense. I don't think a god would "bring things into being" or "make things" or "create", I think a god would be being itself.
In other words, everything in existance is a manifestation of that god. We, in a sense, are an aspect of god.

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