allegory, dude, allegory.
Looking for the Yes vote to explain himself...
(shrug) Allegory or literal, I don't fret over it. I'll ask God to fill me in on the details when I see Him. In the meanwhile, Faith.
No, the Bible disproves the Bible. The Bible isn't consistent with scientific fact.
Fact: The world-drowing flood described for Noah....didn't happen.
Period.
That's it.
No flood.
The myth is....a myth, not true.
End of argument.
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Was Mary's hymen allegorical? You have to take that article on faith.
But the Bible contains known factual errors, so it cannot be taken on faith.
Who says that every word is 100% literal. Hebrew and Aramaic (sorry for a misspelling) are very estoteric languages.
Would you mind terribly if we stayed sort of halfway on topic, rather than segue into another Bible-bashing fest?
Aliens compatibility with the Bible was the question, I believe.
If it's not literal, it can't be taken on faith, and the whole structure of Christianity is completely dependent on the veracity of the claim that Mary wasn't getting laid. That can't be verified and only if the Bible is proven true in the parts that are testable is it sensible to believe the unproven parts that don't make any sense in light of common experience.
Common experience says that there are a many ways a girl can get pregnant without having to explain it with horny angels.
But if Jesus isn't magically contrived, then he's just a man, just a philosopher, and not something worth dying for.
Inspired by this story:
The Associated Press: Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life
If life -is- found on other planets, does this disprove the Bible's story of Creation?
Please be sure to explain your response
<poll pending>
Options:
Yes, because...
No, because...
Other
It wouldn't necessarily disprove the Bible, but finding out that other civilizations were "out there", especially if it were shown that they could come here, could possibly destroy our religious and political structures due to mass hysteria. I really never thought of it in the context of one religious text, but more in the context of how people would react.
Didn't NASA do some study showing the religious persons would adapt quite easily to the news of aliens, where as secular/atheists would have the most trouble?
Religious folks already have a historical context and frame work where aliens would fit in.
You know, as much as they're not incompatible, the existence of intelligent life on other planets would raise some very interesting theological questions-- especially concerning the religious experiences, if any, of the other species and what implications those religious notions would have on terrestrial faiths.
Very interesting questions indeed. My guess (and I could be wrong) is that if any highly technologically advanced species are "out there", they may have reached the point that religion is not a part of their culture.
yes, because the whole idea of a God creating a people is ridiculous to begin with. And life on another planet will prove to all that we are not unique.
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