Subject: Should the Bible be taken literally? |
Bible Note: Tim Let's get philosophical for a moment. Notice I addressed this to Tim before anyone complains about speculation or philosophy on the forum. Let’s say Paul wrote a letter we will call “letter to drivers” and said within it, “drive on the left side of the street.” Let’s also say at the time Paul wrote this letter many have ‘speculated’ or maybe even ‘proven’ that there was a problem with drivers driving on either side of the side of the road. There is further ‘speculation’ that the only reason Paul wrote, drive on the left side of the street, was an attempt to set things in order, and to keep everyone on one side of the road. However in Paul’s letter he did not say pick one side of the street and make it a law to drive on that side. He point blankly stated drive on the left side of the street. The question that comes to my mind is if Paul is writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit should it not be assumed the God didn’t allow us the choice but stated drive on left side of the street for His own reason. And by explaining away what Paul wrote, we miss what God wanted. We justify ourselves by saying that we don’t have the problem, since everyone here drives of the right side and all Paul was doing was trying to insure continuity not establishing doctrine. |