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53774 Re: The Narrative is not the Truth:
   GM De! You are not alone in the population of Biblical skeptics and...
micro   6TH POPE   02 Jun 2024
3:21 PM
53766 Truth .... or Consequences
   The first three chapters in Genesis. The first sentence: In the b...
monkeytrots   6TH POPE   02 Jun 2024
4:33 AM

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Re: The Narrative is not the Truth:

By: De_Composed in 6TH POPE
Sun, 02 Jun 24 3:32 AM
Msg. 53763 of 60008
(This msg. is a reply to 53758 by Zimbler0)
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Zimbler0:

Re: “I suspect you missed the point of the whole article.”
Naw, I read it. I just used it as a launching pad to go off on something 'Biblical' that has always bugged me. I do that sometimes.

Many folks insist that the Bible is 100 percent true. I've always insisted that it isn't, that it - particularly the Old Testament - is a book of parables, some worth considering and some not, some reasonable and some without credibility. Not many people give the story of Adam and Eve enough thought to appreciate the favor that the devil did for humanity in getting Eve to eat an apple (or pomegranate) that bestowed it with the ability to question and learn. I view it as akin to Prometheus, stealing fire from the gods, though Prometheus is heralded today as a hero of Greek lore, not demonized as a devil. In this, I'd say that the Old Testament got it terribly wrong.