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Originally Posted by JMS
context is important, i agree. i think considering how unbelievable so many accounts in the bible are, and considering how christians do acknowledge (or claim) the use of figurative speech when it suits them is an excellent context to consider.
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The Bible does not allow itself to be thought of in any other way, other than to be entirely truthful. It says that it is all useful for instruction, it says it's perfect, it says that not one part will be false, till all of what it speaks of, takes place.
When a Christian says that a writer is using metaphor, then it is or it isn’t'. Pure and simple. If it is, then the person is telling you the truth, and you have a reliable source of information. If it isn't, then the person is either mistaken or is a liar. Either way, the information you get isn't as trust worthy.
Just because you may know some unreliable sources of information, doesn't mean that you can heap a truck load of guilt upon the whole population group. I am sorry that there were people in your life who attempted to ruin your view of God. But as we talked about before, the state of the messenger doesn't not always reflect the quality of it's sender.