Religious folk, do you literally interpret the Bible, Quran, Torah?
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I'm not one of those immature posters that will slam you for grammatical era's but just to point out its Quran not Koran
I was raised as a Christian. But over the past few years I've became more Conscious about what I was taught questioning and researching everything especially with religion.
I think the most important aspect of Religion is Language. Once you understand and can interpret the original languages of certain Canon's then you'd have a better understanding in my opinion
I don't think any religious text is 100% to be taken literal, although much of it may be meant that way, not all.
You mention the bible and the Qur'an, why not the Torah? Are you Jewish breh? Don't be shy, I love everyone
You mention the bible and the Qur'an, why not the Torah? Are you Jewish breh? Don't be shy, I love everyone
porque
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be nice if this stayed as a real discussing
I grew up as a Pentecostal where the Bible is viewed as the literal word of God(written by people inspired by Him) and most of my friends and family still believe this
me on the other hand I feel that if you look at it with common sense its clear that the Bible was never intended to be taken literally but rather as examples to help guide us through life
I grew up as a Pentecostal where the Bible is viewed as the literal word of God(written by people inspired by Him) and most of my friends and family still believe this
me on the other hand I feel that if you look at it with common sense its clear that the Bible was never intended to be taken literally but rather as examples to help guide us through life
porque
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also the interview author Reza Aslan gave on The Daily Show is pretty good
They should...if they want to be respected for being religious.
Otherwise, they're just hypocrites.
Otherwise, they're just hypocrites.
the cac mamba
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yea, see the bolded is the problem. itd be cool if people could look at these (i'll admit: historical and pretty cool) storybooks, and think "yea, thatd be cool if this stuff had been true, but it probably isnt"
instead, people "know" that the bible is real, or allah will reward them, etc. knoweldge that no human possesses. its disgusting
LionofJudah
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Some of it is literal, and some of it is allegorical. It's pretty easy to distinguish between the two.
Bible believing Christian here.
I take the Bible literally- as in I take it as literature. All literature has a genre and style, and the Bible is no exception. In order to interpret the Bible, one must be able to consider the kind of literature being put forth. The genres of the Bible include historical narratives, poetry, proverbs, didactic letters, apocalyptic prophecy, etc.. Unless you know the genre and form, you're missing the big picture. When I read Shakespeare, if I don't understand Macbeth to be a Tragedy or wrongly assume that Midsummer's Night Dream is a History instead of a Comedy, I'm missing the author's intent.
I think this is the biggest problem for skeptics and believers alike. Many skeptics have the false assumption that the Bible is a book of dos and don'ts conjured up in the minds of a few men. Most don't realize that it is 66 books written over the course of 1,500 years by a plethora of authors. Those authors used different styles, figures of speech, and genres. Without this proper understanding, skeptics mock the Bible as espousing a talking snake, and believers think heaven has literal streets of gold.
I take the Bible literally- as in I take it as literature. All literature has a genre and style, and the Bible is no exception. In order to interpret the Bible, one must be able to consider the kind of literature being put forth. The genres of the Bible include historical narratives, poetry, proverbs, didactic letters, apocalyptic prophecy, etc.. Unless you know the genre and form, you're missing the big picture. When I read Shakespeare, if I don't understand Macbeth to be a Tragedy or wrongly assume that Midsummer's Night Dream is a History instead of a Comedy, I'm missing the author's intent.
I think this is the biggest problem for skeptics and believers alike. Many skeptics have the false assumption that the Bible is a book of dos and don'ts conjured up in the minds of a few men. Most don't realize that it is 66 books written over the course of 1,500 years by a plethora of authors. Those authors used different styles, figures of speech, and genres. Without this proper understanding, skeptics mock the Bible as espousing a talking snake, and believers think heaven has literal streets of gold.
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The most important thing to note is that the fact most religious people don't take a bulk of their holy scriptures or books literally is because of secular progress and challenges, sometimes even by other more moderate religious people.
People got excommunicated and imprisoned for saying that the Earth was not the center of the solar system. There are still people are hoping interpret things literally, like that church who takes a piece of the bible to mean they need to use snakes in their services.
As we progress, you'll come to see how even some of the literal things people take now might not be so literal towards the end of your life.
People got excommunicated and imprisoned for saying that the Earth was not the center of the solar system. There are still people are hoping interpret things literally, like that church who takes a piece of the bible to mean they need to use snakes in their services.
As we progress, you'll come to see how even some of the literal things people take now might not be so literal towards the end of your life.
That snake handling thing is a good example of how people misread the intended audience of certain passages.
The earliest manuscripts don't even include this snake handling passage found in Mark 16 but even if we were to consider it valid, it was never a prescription (i.e. go play with snakes). In the passage, Jesus speaking to His disciples right before His ascension, tells them what will happen to THEM- they will handle snakes and not die.. And we see the fulfillment of that very thing in Acts 28 when Paul was bitten by a snake that came out of a brushwood and he didn't die.
The Bible never says that the Earth is the center of the universe or that the Earth is flat. It's just people not understanding the genre and context of certain passages that make these assumptions and run with it.
The Bible and science are neither mutually exclusive or contradictory
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Doctrine of Original Sin, literal?