"If imagery is used, then it’s not literal. For example, what “syntax” would make you believe that Noah got two of every creature on earth onto one boat? These stories are just that – stories. The point is to learn something, not to take it at face value. "

Supposedly, the Arc has been found.... Do I think Noah got 2 of every animal(except the dragon and unicorn) and put them on a boat? No... Do I think that he predicted a flood or was "told" of one, built a ship and gathered as many of his farm animals and family on it when the rains started? Yes....


Of course, I am NOT saying to take such things literally... I am saying that You and I do not and usually cannot understand the imagery used in such tomes... Take Jericho for instance...

Do I think God brought down the walls? Of course not... Do I think that the walls fell due to siege warfare? Yes!

We have to understand that the words used to describe such instances have no frame of reference for modern people.... The average grunt outside of the walls of Jericho had no knowledge of engineering and did not understand the sappers undermined the walls... So to the grunt, God brought down the walls.... and that is how the story grows....

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