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Originally Posted by usgrant7
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.
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1) The Koran also claims to be perfect.
2) I like how you "know" that if a person claims "that a writer is using a metaphor" that they are mistaken or lying. Being that the oldest known bible was written many years after the death of Jesus (60ish), how do you know what the author's meant?
3) It seems to me that the perons who "attempt to ruin the view of God" are always Christians. (See Prosperity Gospel)
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