02-27-2008, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: California
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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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i get what your saying with the bible allowing only to be shown as truth, but if you deal with anything in absolutes youre doomed to make mistakes, and in the bibles case, you can inadvertently turn people away. thats a bit selective if you can pick n choose when youll be willing to accept something as figurative. and i appreciate your apology, but no one has tried to ruin christianity for me, my views are a result of my doing.
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Originally Posted by superdude17*
f0ca1 refuses to erase my name from his signature....I believe that b/c I am a member, if I ask for him to remove it, he should. Of course, most normal and sympathetic individuals would have enough common courtesy to respect what other members have asked, but f0ca1 has again and again denied my attempts.
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Last edited by JMS; 02-27-2008 at 11:25 AM.
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