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Why read the Bible literally?

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kjsimons
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06-15-2005 12:56 PM 		Reply to: Message 27 by Faith
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The talking trees flood story is so obviously a story told with symbolic images to make such a point that it's very annoying that anyone would suggest it could have been intended to be historical in itself.
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06-15-2005 2:01 PM 		Reply to: Message 34 by Faith
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Oh please Faith, the whole flood story is very symbolic. The flood represents a cleansing of the Earth, a re-birth, a second chance for humanity. It is so obviously not to be taken literally I can't believe that intelligent adults would believe otherwise.
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06-15-2005 2:28 PM 		Reply to: Message 37 by Faith
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Re: No, the Flood is not symbolic
Well, since the flood didn't happen, the flood story represents a cleansing and re-birth.
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06-15-2005 2:58 PM 		Reply to: Message 46 by Faith
06-15-2005 2:48 PM

Re: No, the Flood is not symbolic
Maybe my choice of words was bad. I agree with what LinearAg said about possible reasons for the flood story:
Consequences of ignoring or sinning against God? The reason we have rainbows? Fitting of a legend from the past into their religious context?
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You believing that the flood happened still begs the question as to how are we supposed to know when the bible is refering to an actual event, a parable, or a just-so story? Just because you believe the flood happened gives no-one else any basis to believe it leterally.
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