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Originally Posted by Lillywho?
I get what you're saying, I do.
BUT: There are two ways of reading the Bible; A liberal one and a fundamentalistic one.
Basically, the fundamentalistic way of reading the Bible, is to interpret everything that is written, literal, whilst the liberal way will be to not interpret everything as literal.
(Keep in mind that this is trivial, banal, but I think you get the picture?)
That probably wasn't a good enough answer, but, in my opinion, as long as you believe in the creed (and don't bend it), that's what matters. And whether you chose to analyze some small parts or not don't really mean all that much in the big picture.
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And how do you decide which parts are literal and which parts are not? If you agree with or like something in the bible, that part is literal, and if you don't agree with something, it's figurative?
Not around so much now that school's started
"Live a good life.
If there are gods and they are just,
then they will not care how devout you have been,
but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by.
If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them.
If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life
that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."
Marcus Aurelius