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Orwell
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23 Aug 2008, 10:20 am

benjimanbreeg wrote:

I just tried to ask a simple question, that still you or anyone else has failed to answer. Well no, most of them were christians, but the other were aspie Americans, so your bound not to understand me. How is it nonsense? Its a pretty good point I think, and I know other people who think the same, and they say its the one question christians can't answer. You were just as much to blame for what broke out.

I did answer your question, but you ignored that part. For the record, I'll answer it again: most Christians do not take a literalist approach to interpreting Genesis. It is seen as allegorical rather than historical, so the timeline isn't relevant.

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23 Aug 2008, 11:21 am

Thank you, Orwell.

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23 Aug 2008, 11:26 am

Orwell wrote:

benjimanbreeg wrote:

The Bible is allegorical?

What sort of lessons are we supposed to take from the Old Testament then?

It's okay to murder those who do not believe in your god (Caananites)?

It's okay to murder homosexuals (Sodom and Gomorrah)?

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23 Aug 2008, 11:33 am

corroonb wrote:

Um... I think the standard response for allegory ends up being more along the lines of the broader theological points(such as some of those found in Isaiah about God's nature and relation to man), as I don't think that Christians take either of those positions of murder seriously, nor is Sodom and Gomorrah necessarily an attack against homosexuality anyway.

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23 Aug 2008, 11:35 am

The Bible isn't entirely allegorical. But rarely is it straightfoward or without room for multiple readings.

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23 Aug 2008, 11:38 am

Which, of course, very heavily affirms that language is a very sloppy medium.

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23 Aug 2008, 11:39 am

Sand, you're why Aspies get beat up.

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23 Aug 2008, 11:42 am

Aha! Christianity revealed!

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23 Aug 2008, 11:47 am

Exactly. This is why I very little sympathy for Aspies who talk about how they get bullied. Sometimes you just need to shut yer gob.

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23 Aug 2008, 11:49 am

[quote="corroonb"] What sort of lessons are we supposed to take from the Old Testament then? [quote]

"For if the first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for a second."

Hebrews 7:18

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