>No uh actually that part of the bible isn't literal!>Well yes that part is to be taken literal.>LOOK I GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT GOD MEANT AND DIDN'T MEAN
No you don't get to pick. You just have to read it and see if they were being literal or not.
>>85086416Somethings are metaphors, such as parables. Other things are historical records, such as the tales of the Apostles.Job? Likely parable. The Garden of Eden? Also probably a parable. The miracles of Christ? Literal. The history of Israel and Judea? Also literal.
>>85086473I have a hard time dismissing those stories as parables when the Bible includes detailed geneaologies. If Adam and Eve are parable characters then what about their children, and their grandchildren, and so forth? At what point does a parable character give birth to a historical figure?
>>85086496>Adam and Eve are parable charactersAdam and Eve were real people, the events of the Garden were likely less literal. I don't believe that an actual serpent tricked a naked woman into taking a bite from a physical fruit. I believe Satan the fallen angel introduced humanity to sin by way of attacking what man cherished most by way of deception, and the ones culpable were Adam and Eve who were the first people God created.What's curious is that when Cain killed Abel he fled to a neighboring city which implies that there were a LOT of humans in the world, which begs the question as to whether Adam and Eve were simply the first children of God memetically (by way of worship) or if God made other people outside of the garden.
>>85086537It seems arbitrary to believe that God created Adam and Eve as real people but the serpent and the fruit was made up. Usually when people say that the Bible isn't literal it's because they want to present as Christian while also pandering to atheist beliefs like evolution and the big bang.
>>85086612>the serpent and the fruit was made up"Serpent" is commonly used as a metaphor for an untrustworthy or opportunistic person. Was Christ calling the Pharisees physicsl reptiles when he called them a "Den of serpents and a brood of vipers?" (I suppose that would add credence to the lizard-people conspiracies)And fruit is not only used to refer to the product of a plant that carries seeds. It is also used in phrases like "The fruit of your loins," the "fruit of the spirit," the "fruit of one's work." Now I'm pretty sure my testicles aren't pineapples, nor are tangerines growing on my soul, and nor have I ever been a farmer.It's language used to convey ideas, not an itemized list of physical objects.
>>85086644I find it a curiosity. Ultimately it's a question of negligible consequence
>>85086664Stay woke anon
