Subject: Sola Scriptura supported by bible? |
Bible Note: "A normal reading would indicate that Gen. 1-2, like the rest of Genesis, is an historical account! This is why people are bothered by the term parable. " You make a reasonable point. But if we actually examine the text of the story, I guess I have to question it as being literal history. The imagery is quite fanciful and symbolic. Again, think about the meaning of these things. The tree of knowledge of good and evil. When you read about this tree, do you think that it is a literal tree? Is that the point of the story? Did God really want us to know that there is a tree somewhere that makes us to be like him? What about the serpent that must eat dust and crawl on his belly "all the days of his life"? I am not a science expert, but I am not convinced that is how the snake was created. And what happened to the Garden when the flood came? Did it get washed away and did the serpent die then? Didn't every creature on earth die except those in the ark? Do you think that it is possible to find the Garden somewhere? Is the Angel still there guarding the entrance? Has God allowed his paradise to vanish from the earth, and he didn't tell us? I curious, when do you think man became artistic? When did he learn to tell stories that express things without being literally true? Where did he learn to do this? From God, or somewhere else? But again, not to belabour a point... but still.. nobody has answered the question. Where in the Bible does it tell us anything about Bible? and where does it teach anything about Sola Scriptura? |