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Not to insert myself into the middle of this dogfight (.... ok, yes I am), but I never got a Jeff Lebowski or Archaea retraction after meeting the silly "3 non-literal scriptures" demand.
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I put forth the question about whether or not the Jews think the Amalekite story is literal or not, because they seem to have a firmer grasp on the literal and the figurative than most of Western Civilization. The Jews clearly took the Promised Land by force. There is archaeological evidence to back that up. Thus, I think it's not unreasonable to think that the Amalekite account is literal. Additionally, I don't think using a "that's not the God I know" approach is the way we reconcile what is literal and what is symbolic in the scriptures. |
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I ask this because I was gone for a few days and have not kept up on all threads and would rather not have to go back and plow through them, especially for a question such as this. In this thread you keep sidestepping by making qualified or indeterminate statements, such as "not primarily for scientific purposes" or challenging us to show where you claimed it was literal, leaving open the chance that you still might. Btw, if you're not sure that's OK too. But quite honestly, I don't really care enough about your particular opinion to ferret this out and think that the sideshow you're creating about it detracts from your original query, which is a good one. IMO.
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I don't recall arguing that you don't take portions of the scriptures to be non-literal. In fact, I was arguing that you probably do (using the flood and the creation as two likely examples). I was pointing out that it seemed a bit odd that you would hold such a hard line on the OT-genocide stories.
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