Originally posted by wolfgang59
State my question.
Then state your answer.
So that everyone can see how right you are.
(I don't care if I or anyone agrees with the answer - just want proof you gave one)
And then for good measure define strawman argument and show where I used that.
Go on. I dare you!
From wolfgang59:
How do you tell which passages are literal and which are not? I'm thinking particularly of Genesis and your creation myth?
RJHinds ANSWERS:
1. Intelligence.
People with lower intelligence than me can determine in most cases what has other than the literal meaning. It is the way they use their intelligence that makes the difference.
Certainly we know that the Bible has figures of speech, like a camel going through the eye of a needle, which is meant to be an exaggeration in the same manner as raining cats and dogs. However, the general rule is to take everything literal as long as it makes sense or unless you have some reason from the Holy Bible that conflicts with the literal interpretation. Then this has to be reconciled by using reason and logic.
The Holy Bible is like a mystery book in which you have to gather all the clues together from every portion to really understand it all. It even tells us "here a little, there a little."
But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
(Isaiah 28:13 KJV)
2. This video may help you understand why the Genesis account is literal history.
YouTube
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Definition of strawman argument:
A strawman argument is a fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.
Here is your strawman:
From wolfgang59:
You are always saying that the bible should be taken literally.
From RJHinds:
I never said such a thing. The Holy Bible has both literal and spiritual meanings.
The Instructor
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