johnsweeting
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I'm an Atheist so maybe the topic (In a way I understand the people who take the Bible literally) sounds a little weird...Let me explain...
So I was debating a "soft" Christian the other day about the Bible.
He doesn't take the Bible literally but told me that many things in the Bible are there to tell us a story about life. I then started to talk about the most extreme stories of the Bible:
1. The talking snake
2. Lot’s wife who turns into a pillar of salt
3. (There are many extreme stories I could have told here)
He said that those two stories should not be taken literally...I then said:
- You have a story in the Bible that's describing the talking snake and the woman who turn into salt.
If they are not true (literally) and are there to tell us a story then those two stories are made up......period...end of story..
How can you then determine which parts of the Bible are true and which are "made up" to tell a story about life (as people describe it).
Should we then go thru each sentence of Bible and say something like this:
That is true
That is telling a story (made up)
That is also telling a story (made up)
That is true
That is also telling a story (made up)
That is also telling a story (made up)
etc.
etc.
What is the difference then between the Bible and Harry Potter? Maybe Harry Potter was written by J.K Rowland to tell us a story of life in general and should not be taken literally....
If you take the Bible literally it's much harder to debate because the people who take it literally just say "It's all true" in which I have nothing to reply but to say how they in 2013 can believe in a talking snake and a woman that turn into salt.
In which they say "We do". I was debating a Baptist on Twitter a month ago and he said both stories were literally true.
It is easier to defend that the Bible is literally true and therefore my topic...
Any Feedback......?
So I was debating a "soft" Christian the other day about the Bible.
He doesn't take the Bible literally but told me that many things in the Bible are there to tell us a story about life. I then started to talk about the most extreme stories of the Bible:
1. The talking snake
2. Lot’s wife who turns into a pillar of salt
3. (There are many extreme stories I could have told here)
He said that those two stories should not be taken literally...I then said:
- You have a story in the Bible that's describing the talking snake and the woman who turn into salt.
If they are not true (literally) and are there to tell us a story then those two stories are made up......period...end of story..
How can you then determine which parts of the Bible are true and which are "made up" to tell a story about life (as people describe it).
Should we then go thru each sentence of Bible and say something like this:
That is true
That is telling a story (made up)
That is also telling a story (made up)
That is true
That is also telling a story (made up)
That is also telling a story (made up)
etc.
etc.
What is the difference then between the Bible and Harry Potter? Maybe Harry Potter was written by J.K Rowland to tell us a story of life in general and should not be taken literally....
If you take the Bible literally it's much harder to debate because the people who take it literally just say "It's all true" in which I have nothing to reply but to say how they in 2013 can believe in a talking snake and a woman that turn into salt.
In which they say "We do". I was debating a Baptist on Twitter a month ago and he said both stories were literally true.
It is easier to defend that the Bible is literally true and therefore my topic...
Any Feedback......?
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