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How condescending and ignorant.
Are you mad at Odin? Must be - that is why you don't believe in his power and authority.
How condescending and ignorant.
Are you mad at Odin? Must be - that is why you don't believe in his power and authority.
It's not condescending nor ignorant. You're just in a different place in your walk with the Lord is all. He gives us what we need. That's all.
There is a bit of truth in all creation myths and religious texts as pertains to human nature, however, it's all the supernatural superstitions inherent in belief systems that have no basis in reality.Stop avoiding the real problem you and others have concerning the truth of the scriptures
and of God as Creator against your unbelief.
It's not condescending nor ignorant. You're just in a different place in your walk with the Lord is all. He gives us what we need. That's all.
What has any of that to do with the truth of God's word?it's all the supernatural superstitions inherent in belief systems that have no basis in reality.
We are not going to myth-understand Genesis 1.Genesis 1 is myth, and treating it as such in no way takes away from it's intended purpose.
Genesis 1 is myth, and treating it as such in no way takes away from it's intended purpose.
Exactly!There are older creation stories in the bible itself too. So why choose the genesis one (which is actually two) over the others? The majority of Judaism and Christianity have constantly and to this day believe the creation stories are allegory. Maybe, because it is!
Really. Then why did God write it this way?
Yes.You think God wrote it?
Divine.Jimmy D said:That's nice.
Then why do some myth-understand it?Jimmy D said:I would think that he probably intended it to be allegorical.
It doesn't matter how He wrote it; there will always be those who take it wrong.Jimmy D said:On the other hand, given his omniscience, this does seem unlikely as he should have realized that C20th fundamentalists haven't got the subtlety or wit to understand such nuances.
QED my last.What makes you think she did?
Almost seems like writing wasn’t a very good way to share such crucial information.Yes.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Divine.
Then why do some myth-understand it?
It doesn't matter how He wrote it; there will always be those who take it wrong.
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