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1 | Can the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timla6 | 86701 | ||
I have a younger brother, he's 43 yrs old, who used to be an atheist. Now, he says he believes in God, but he does not accept the Bible literally. I have tried to get him to open his mind to the possibility that it was God who actually wrote the Bible, but he points out that there were many other writings back then that the Church did not want in the Bible because they did not want you to have that information. I told him that that is exactly what the devil wants us to think, and there were many false teachers back then, as there still are today. Can someone point to any specific reference that might turn him from his present way of thinking? Thanks and bless you. Tim |
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2 | Can the Bible be taken literally? | Bible general Archive 1 | Parable | 86702 | ||
I suggest "Biblical Hermeneutics: A comprehensive introduction to interpreting scripture", 2nd ed. by Corley, Lemke and Lovejoy This is a scholarly treatment and quite demanding, but worth the effort. A simpler approach is this: suggest that your brother read the bible on its own terms, i.e. accepting that it is the word of God because that's what it's authors intend. Then, simply go with that idea and see where it leads, reading without prejudice. If, after reading it fairly, he is not convinced, he can always go back to his previous opinion. I suggest he start with the NT. Also, I recommend The Message, Eugene Peterson's paraphrase because it integrates text with interpretive commentary so the reader need only read it naturally to get the point. It seems that at this point, your brother needs milk, not meat. Parable |
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