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Originally Posted by In-Human
Well then, answering questions by more questions :
"We often hear that the Genesis creation accounts were never meant to be read literally. What historical evidence do you have for that assertion?"
Who need a proof ? What historical evidence have we at all of the Genesis creation ? You and me do not need proofs of that, because we have the Bible, which is not a rational argument, but a faith fact. A proof is a rational factor none expects from you, so why would you ever expect it from other christians ? (Unless someone can rationally prove each and every quote from the Bible he uses, which none will never ever be able to do).
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How very postmodern of you. Lots of people have faith in lots of things, not all of which can logically be true. If God didn't provide us with a way to determine whose faith was correct and whose wasn't, God would have failed as God.
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"Which is the Word of God: those people’s interpretation of the Bible, or the Bible? If you are justified in reading the Bible in that way, why are homosexuals not equally justified in doing so?" To understand something, one needs to interpret it by the bias of language ; that's why there skilled and unskilled translators, as well as misunderstanding. That's why it's impossible to "literally" understand the Bible : a book inspired by God but done by mans, situated in its own cultural context but holding eternal truths, containing some heartwarming stories but also philosophical considerations, deserves at least to be treated with the respect the lesser assyrian scroll earns :experts who spent a lifetime doing researchs studies them, concert with each other and gain a transient understanding of it. Later on, they will work further on it to improve the gained knowledge, justifying theirs own authority on the rightness of theirs judgment. That is how knowledge works, like God's actions in our world, by "sharing the divine) Love."
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How hard would it be for an omnipotent God to express Himself clearly enough to avoid the need for all of that? God's words, which He repeatedly promised to preserve, cannot be analogized to secular writings.
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Originally Posted by Joanna Lytton-Vasey
Are you a Jesuit?
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Given that person's ability to say a lot without actually answering the questions, that's entirely possible.