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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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The problem is, you're picking and choosing which parts get which interpretation. If you take the liberal way, then if you don't take everything as literal, then something must be taken as literal in order to get the basic beliefs down. So, this goes back to picking and choosing.