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trotsky

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33. Who decides what's metaphor and what isn't?

Reply to Kind of Blue (Reply #31)

Wed May 29, 2019, 02:32 PM

May 2019

How do you know they're right?

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Hello, Religion Group members. [View all] Kind of Blue May 2019 OP

The whole "pro-life" thing is nothing more than a false moral construct Major Nikon May 2019 #1

Thanks for that. I'm assuming the RCC is the Roman Catholic Church. Kind of Blue May 2019 #5

"The sanctity of life" has fck-all to do with it. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #2

Good questions and the ones I'm hoping we don't Kind of Blue May 2019 #6

Thanks for sharing that here. MineralMan May 2019 #3

Yeah, they are a godsend... lol Kind of Blue May 2019 #8

You're assuming the Religious Right read their Bibles for guidance. Girard442 May 2019 #4

They claim to. Really, though, they MineralMan May 2019 #7

Sorry but many can quote whole sections Voltaire2 May 2019 #10

There's a big, big difference between parroting cherry-picked verses... Girard442 May 2019 #11

They comprehend it their way. Voltaire2 May 2019 #13

If you say so. Girard442 May 2019 #15

Well it's a damn good thing you've figured out exactly what the bible means. trotsky May 2019 #22

And we see many such cherry picked arguments here. guillaumeb May 2019 #24

Yours is a mistaken assumption. Kind of Blue May 2019 #12

There are no "scriptural truths". All of the texts Voltaire2 May 2019 #9

Agreed but that's not the point of the OP. Kind of Blue May 2019 #14

I don't read the old testament often - just glance through it ocasionly. Too much killing and wars. demosincebirth May 2019 #16

Agreed, demosincebirth. Kind of Blue May 2019 #18

For every written truth... safeinOhio May 2019 #17

So true, safeinOhio. Kind of Blue May 2019 #19

Always point out the Red Letter Bible safeinOhio May 2019 #20

Exactly but I prefer Kind of Blue May 2019 #25

If God wants a say in our legislative process... Act_of_Reparation May 2019 #21

LOL... I hear you, Act_of_Reparation. Kind of Blue May 2019 #26

It'd be nice if all Christians could agree on one interpretation of the bible, yes. trotsky May 2019 #23

Why don't you address the OP? Kind of Blue May 2019 #27

I think their point is... uriel1972 May 2019 #28

Thanks, uriel1972. Safely ignored metaphors are Kind of Blue May 2019 #31

Who decides what's metaphor and what isn't? trotsky May 2019 #33

See Post 34. n/t Kind of Blue May 2019 #35

So everyone decides for themselves, right? trotsky May 2019 #37

Too true... uriel1972 May 2019 #38

"so how can we say with any confidence what it was supposed to have meant" trotsky May 2019 #39

Bingo. Act_of_Reparation May 2019 #40

In the OP, you claim to have a definitive interpretation of what the bible says. trotsky May 2019 #29

The point of the OP is that the Christian nationalist Kind of Blue May 2019 #30

"no scriptural or historical support" trotsky May 2019 #32

"Actually it's got quite a bit of both." Kind of Blue May 2019 #34

You want a cite? Fine. trotsky May 2019 #36