JWeinCom said:
JRPGfan said:
Thats just it... almost all of it is. No one actually thinks the universe was created in 7days.... that doesnt mean it couldnt be how a smarter being would discribe 7 differnt phases or passages of time it took, to a human.
The only things in the bible thats actually from god are the 10 commandments, everything else not so much, just storys writen down by man.
Or so Ive always been led to believe.
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God made a lot more laws then the ten commandments. If you believe that those are directly from god, I'm not sure why you think everything else the book claims god said or did doesn't count.
But, people at one time did believe it took seven days, and there are still peope who believe in a young earth, and Noah's ark. And there are still tons and tons of people who believe that Jesus literally rose from the dead.
These things used to be taken at face value, but as science has gotten better and better, things that are impossible have been written off as metaphor. And, if you want to read the bible as a metaphorical book, then fine. But, there are MANY people who suggest that we, and our government, should take certain parts of the bible VERY literally, and live our lives and base our laws around it.
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Protestantism... basically all my life Ive been told the only thing that counts to any degree at all is whats in the new testiment.
The storys about jesus's teachings, nothing else is real. And even that is just accounts of storys about jesus life, written down by man.
Its open to interpretations.
The only thing thats from god are the 10 commandments (so Ive been told anyways).
