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1 | Should the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | Searcher56 | 15034 | ||
The Prodigal Son, and I would say Sons, it a parable. It may be fiction - that is it never happened. Should we read this passage and take it for what it says without analyzing the son's motivates or must we analyze each point and find “hidden meanings”? ... If we look for “hidden meanings” wecould be in trouble. We need to compare the context, even to the point of Scripture with Scripture. Is everything we need to know contained in the Bible? ... Yes And if it is, then if when we try to use outside knowledge which effects the meaning of a passage are we doing a disjustice or not? ... I try not to use outside knowledge in my study. I let the Bible speak for itself. Does your answer apply in all situations? ... Yes If not who chooses when it should apply and when it shouldn't? ... The reader. We rely on commentators, preachers and others to give their "insight." We may believe them, because they have been studying the Bible for "30 hours a week for 30 years." But, they are not always right. They even disagree. Steve |
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2 | Should the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | EdB | 15099 | ||
Steve You say yes to my questions, now can you think of any places this might not apply. I understand clearly there are Books and chapters and verses of the Bible that are metaphor, symbolic, and rhetorical and were not meant to be taken literally. My question is there any place where the writer has offered what appears to be a universal directive while addressing a particular situation that we need to consider the situation before accepting the directive? |
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