Putting the Old Testament into Context

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[ineed1shotoflove]

u said that sodom and gomorrah was figurative, how is that? do u mean he did not destroy the city, for whatever reasons, or that sodom and gomorrah wasnt real? do u think the story of noahs arc was figurative also? help me to understand what u really mean?

[vrlobo88]

i mean that these stories are myth (look up the real def of myth because people think it means false story). they are based on some truth, but exaggerated because those who wrote them didn't have the capability and knowledge to understand them for what they actually were. in the case of the ark, a flood may have occurred, but certainly not a worldwide one. people at the time did not know how expansive the world was around them. furthermore, their town could have been "the world" to them.

[vrlobo88]

as for soddom and gomorrah, the towns may have existed and been destroyed, but not in the way described. a natural disaster may have occurred, but due to the people's inability to understand such phenomena, they attributed the happening to God. it's hard to explain all this without distorting what i'm trying to say. i've taken many classes on the subject in hs and currently in college; it takes a whole semester or so to develop and understanding for what i'm talking about. my other vids may help

[ineed1shotoflove]

i think ur wrong, these writers of the Bible werent just writing these things with no understanding of anything, God was telling them what to write. the Bible has no room for logic. these things in the Bible really happened the way, not those people, but God said it happened. so are all the stories in the Bible figurative or largly exagerated? like moses spliting the waters, or Jesus walking on the water or Jonah and the whale or water to wine, all those?

[vrlobo88]

God was telling them exactly what to write says who? the writers? that's like me saying for you to believe me because God told me everything i'm telling you. uh yeah right. if God wrote the Bible Himself, it would be a different story, but He didn't. again, only a class can help you understand how to approach the stories of the Bible. splitting the waters=scientific explanation having to do with tides (look it up or take a class)...jonah and the whale: who was there to see this?

[vrlobo88]

Jesus' miracles on the other hand are a different story. I do not know enough on the subject to argue them, so I won't. certainly though, there is room for some to misunderstand and misrepresent (intentionally and unintentionally) His miracles.

[ineed1shotoflove]

again, u believe what u want to. good luck.

[metoowahchef]

VRLOBO88:

Moderate Catholics/Christians like are truly the need of the hour.

Keep the good work going!

[logicalpunishment]

There is a reason that the bible doesn't appeal to modern man: it is completely made up. You argue that certain sections are out of context in modern times, that it is more useful to interpret some passages allegorically. Yet, there are passages that certainly cannot be taken in an allegorical sense. Take the case of Deuteronomy 13:13-19, which tells us to kill an entire town if one person believes in a different God. What on earth could this be a metaphor for? Simply, the bible is fake.

[vrlobo88]

sorry...i just realized that i just restated stuff that was said in my video....it's been a while since i filmed it. when reading the gospels, understand the writer's background and his audience. was it writen for greeks? jews? romans? early christians?