Christianity, Literal or Metaphorical?

Should the Bible be taken as literal direct word of God?

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[Mightbejesus]

But they did'nt have the terminology to describe these events acurately, not to mention that the author(s) of Genesis were'nt there. Adam did'nt write Genesis, and these rabbi's who've declared this to be true certainly were'nt. A rabbi is just a man (or woman, I guess), a teacher, or priest. Thier declarations are just as easily falliable as my own declarations.

[dcm4294]

Furthermore, I feel like I need to tell you that in the early chapters of Genesis, the plural and singular are used interchangeably with reference to God, signifying that there is a plural character to God (the Trinity), yet they is but one God. It has absolutely nothing to do with the false gods.

[Mightbejesus]

@dcm4294 My main point is that , though inspirational and full of wisdom, the Bible does not speak for god so much as it speaks for the church. If god has something to say, they are gods: it is well within thier power to speak thier mind. And any message you truly recieve from god will not be open to translation; it's origin would prolly be definite. Anything else would be as a man impersonating a god; which is easy to see through, I'd think...

[Mightbejesus]

I wonder why the sound's kinda garbled? Hmm... sorry bout that :)

[dcm4294]

Sorry....

[dcm4294]

@Mightbejesus Although translation into different languages does skewer some meaning of the words, as it does with the Arabic that the Koran is written in, the concept can usually be kept authentic, with only minor details requiring a careful interpretation of the original language of the text.

Many people these days claim to speak to supernatural beings, most of them classifying these beings as extraterrestrials. There are entire religions based on it yet not all sources are equally reliable.

[dcm4294]

@Mightbejesus Although Moses wasn't there, the Israelite method of passing on information was by oral tradition. Consequentially, they would have had very good memory for remembering certain events, either in a poetic format, or a prose format, as the early chapters of Genesis is written in.

I'm not appealing to achievement when I say that rabbis have declared this. If you yourself understood Hebrew and its grammatical structure, your interpretation would be taken with the same integrity.

[dcm4294]

Although I appreciate your attempt at making sense of Genesis, I highly doubt you even understand what you're implying.

The Bible, if to have all been written as a poem, could of course be taken metaphorically whenever the writers hint at such an interpretation. Nonetheless, the first books of Genesis are actually written in a style that is clearly meant to be literal, and not be interpreted in any other way. Many rabbis have declared this to be true.