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

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

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Dec 9 '09, 09:04

and some of those parts are allegorical/metaphorical descriptions of the world we live in and human nature

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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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