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In response to "LIR: Jax. See B2. Adam and Eve/Genesis/etc as literal events, no, but they do serve to describe some important ideas of Christianity such as " by oblique

"Ways that can be understood" seems disingenuous if we both acknowledge that taking them literally is misunderstanding them. -- nm

Posted by mara Dec 9 '09, 09:00

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I'm no scholar and can't speak to the proper term for it all, but these are things handed down from generations, not some modern summary of the ideas - oblique Dec 9, 09:04 8
- Sure. I'm saying it's not very realistic to claim it's "easy to understand." People have disagreed about its meaning(s) for centuries. There's nothing - mara Dec 9, 09:09 7
  - I didn't mean to say it was "easy to understand" in that respect, just that those allegories/stories/metaphors serve that purpose to illustrate those - oblique Dec 9, 09:10 6
    - If a story is supposed to illustrate an idea, but many people who read it don't actually get that idea, then can you truly say it's illustrating - mara Dec 9, 09:11 5
      - This is all what priests and preachers are for. If you don't get it this Sunday, that's OK. Come back next Sunday. - con_carne Dec 9, 09:21
      - "Go forth and spread your fruit" means different things to musubi and Dignan, that's for sure. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 9, 09:14 2
        
        one meaning of which is a felony is at least 23 states... -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 09:15 1
        
        This is making me laugh :-) -- nm - con_carne Dec 9, 09:27
      - people get stuff wrong all the time and for all I know, I could be completely ass-backwards - oblique Dec 9, 09:14

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