jay_a2j wrote:heavycola wrote:jay_a2j wrote:vtmarik wrote:
But you said that it was disguised truth, so which is it? If the text of Revelation is a disguise, how can we even consider taking it literally.
Part of it are symbolic (ie. "giant locusts"... "beast with 10 horns") But the overall writing is literal.... we just have to figure out what these symbols mean.... and are doing so.
Giant locusts are symbolic, the four corners of the earth are symbolic, yet god making eve from adam's rib is the literal truth....
Why would the perfect word from a perfect being need all this interpretation? Either make it 100% true, or don't. A metaphor is, definably, a lie. Therefore god is a liar and therefore not perfect.
Hmmm it doesn't take a whole lota effort to see what is symbolic and what is not. Ever see a giant locust? Or a beast with 10 horns? Yet... I'm sure you've seen a woman before. This isn't rocket science.
YES IT DOES. you believe in a lot of krazee stuff you have never seen - a giant locust is fairly pedestrian by comparison... why not believe that giant locusts exist?
OT was written 4,000 years ago, let's say. Everyone thought the world was flat back then. You know otherwise (although why you buy this and not evolution is beyond me). Yet the guy who wrote Job must have known the earth was round and used a metaphor instead. Yeah jay, that's not rocket science.
I have seen a woman before. What I have never seen is a man's rib being removed to turn into a woman. Can YOU not see the difference?