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Old 02-26-2008, 10:21 AM
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Icon7 Literally speaking...

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Originally Posted by JMS View Post
i see. however, i doubt you take everything in the bible literally. why take the creation story so literally?
If my son found my daugher in his room, without permission, playing with his Wii. He might yell, "Get out of my room or I will kill you!"

Now if I took him literally, what would the courts say?

I think rational people should help the "others" by upholding the axiom "context is king". And typically, most Bible passages can be taken out of context to fit all manners scullduggery.
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