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<blockquote data-quote="freeport" data-source="post: 53370237"><p>Why can't it be literally true? It amazes me when people say such things. Of course it can be true. "Reality", "the world" is so convincing... that the idea of it being created and as we have dreams or create stories is absolutely ruled out. The abnormal, the mundane, the probabilities and laws, the rarity of the good and beautiful... and the normality of the base... all help to make a very convincing picture. But it is simply backdrop to your consciousness.</p><p></p><p>The world is full of evil, and it only makes sense - deep down inside - if God is God, if there is a God, then why is there evil? And that is the real turning point for most people. They come to confrontation of evil... and they don't believe. They see false hope, false belief... they can't comprehend beyond that evil. So from then on out they rationalize all of the coincidences and unusual happenings in their life away. Maybe they even stop happening.</p><p></p><p>It is odd. Perhaps many do not recall their dreams, how we fall asleep at night and find ourselves in entirely convincing situations with people and events... we are not aware we are dreaming at the time. And that is just our own little minds chugging along, perhaps. We get caught up in knowledge, only to discover later we didn't really know what we thought we knew earlier... our perceptions of people change: but people often get stuck and stop keeping an open mind.</p><p></p><p>Maybe it is the irrational or dealing with the unusual which is so scary, or disturbing, or simply a lack of trust.</p><p></p><p>Maybe they are simply swamped with the probable so often... the improbable and unexplainable simply ceases to exist.</p><p></p><p>But, yeah, regardless, no reason to rule anything out.</p><p></p><p>Some of the Bible is wrapped in metaphor, a lot of it is. Does not mean the metaphor itself did not really happen. All of creation is created in metaphors pointing to Jesus Christ.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="freeport, post: 53370237"] Why can't it be literally true? It amazes me when people say such things. Of course it can be true. "Reality", "the world" is so convincing... that the idea of it being created and as we have dreams or create stories is absolutely ruled out. The abnormal, the mundane, the probabilities and laws, the rarity of the good and beautiful... and the normality of the base... all help to make a very convincing picture. But it is simply backdrop to your consciousness. The world is full of evil, and it only makes sense - deep down inside - if God is God, if there is a God, then why is there evil? And that is the real turning point for most people. They come to confrontation of evil... and they don't believe. They see false hope, false belief... they can't comprehend beyond that evil. So from then on out they rationalize all of the coincidences and unusual happenings in their life away. Maybe they even stop happening. It is odd. Perhaps many do not recall their dreams, how we fall asleep at night and find ourselves in entirely convincing situations with people and events... we are not aware we are dreaming at the time. And that is just our own little minds chugging along, perhaps. We get caught up in knowledge, only to discover later we didn't really know what we thought we knew earlier... our perceptions of people change: but people often get stuck and stop keeping an open mind. Maybe it is the irrational or dealing with the unusual which is so scary, or disturbing, or simply a lack of trust. Maybe they are simply swamped with the probable so often... the improbable and unexplainable simply ceases to exist. But, yeah, regardless, no reason to rule anything out. Some of the Bible is wrapped in metaphor, a lot of it is. Does not mean the metaphor itself did not really happen. All of creation is created in metaphors pointing to Jesus Christ. [/QUOTE]
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