Dwight's mind is obviously totally closed on this issue, as is evidenced by his refusal to even look at them, but I think anyone who read these urls with any openness might begin to understand that some of the things that people believe the Bible says were distorted by the problems of translating early languages.
I might also point out that if you are going to take the Bible absolutely literally, then you should do it wholeheartedly.
Since you bring up my name in a post to someone else, I feel I have a right to respond. I recall you touting the belief that an agnostic is able to make superior moral decisions because they have to think vs. looking for guidance from the Bible. Now you seem to be saying that people who believe in the Bible should not think and ponder all that is written in the Bible, but should instead mindlessly follow every single verse very literally.
It is an absurd notion people have that so-called "fundamentalist" Christians take everything in the Bible literally. The holy spirit will guide a person to see what is meant by various parts of the Bible, and in fact the Bible itself says (I think in one of Apostle Paul's letters) essentially that spiritual benefits and spiritual lessons can be revealed in all of what is written there, if a person opens their ears and heart to be receptive and seeking of those spiritual benefits.
And yes, I believe that moral guidelines are spiritual benefits, when applied to a person's life. |
