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In reply to the discussion: Fill in the blank [View all]Brettongarcia
(2,262 posts)45. Churches define what's metaphorical
Often. Or what's essential. And the problem there is they differ on both subjects.
Some of the decisions are pretty tough. For example: did Jesus and God promise to help us with physical things, at times? Like literal, physical, "bread"? Or just with spiritual "bread"; say the nourishment of our spirit, with the conceptual "bread" of their allegedly saving ethical precepts.
When the churches come up with different answers for each, that is a problem. Since now we have very different, contradictory versions of what is most important in Christianity.
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Huh? What rule? I merely observed that the right half of that chart was invalid.
stone space
Oct 2016
#34
I don't know anything about your rules, except that you appear obsessed with them.
stone space
Oct 2016
#42
The discussion may have no point, other than to spin in well-worn circles
struggle4progress
Oct 2016
#15
So your argument would be, then, that warring parts of the Bible shouldn't be taken literally.
Goblinmonger
Oct 2016
#11
If I tell you that I believe in the 1st Amendment's guarentee of Freedom of Religion, will you...
stone space
Oct 2016
#20
No, the challenge here is to explain why certain parts SHOULD be taken literally...
trotsky
Oct 2016
#7
What "rule" is required to believe that swords should be beaten into plowshares?
stone space
Oct 2016
#21
I do sometimes wonder if trolls have a special tendency to put words in the mouths of others
struggle4progress
Oct 2016
#14