Message from @Phil With Frankincense
Discord ID: 590044754926895104
~~the bible isn't a scientific text~~
Jesus was walking on the water explain how else he was doing that this wasn't Criss Angel David Blaine smoke and mirrors
See, Phil, I agree with you, but Kaizo here is the one trying to compare the two.
He was turning water to the wine man
I think the Bible serves better as an allegorical text to extract meaning from
Not as a literal text to adhere to as it says
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It's not like my neighbor owns an Ox
There are literal events in the bible
So
?
Yes, but they were not recorded perfectly
Like Christ's miracles
A lot of people's neighbors still do own Oxen
I don't believe that, we should adhere to the rules and beliefs of the bible
But it’s not limited to those who do
The meaning of the text
Yes, we have a single text and we have Christians who use that single text as a source
By that metric the Book of Mormon should be believed, too.
Closing question for y'all
That is what separates a lot of Christians
IMO it was made by, as Father John Misty put it, "woman-hating epleptics"
It was composed by people who were inspired, but not controlled, by God, to record the teachings of the Lord
We know it has some substance to it because white Christian Europeans throughout history have been the only ones capable of developing true civilization and it's based on Christian values
The moral teachings specifically
And through that they were able to have liberty
Ignoring China
Nobody intended the Bible as a scholarly historical or scientific work
It's a theological work
Yes
By God who used his followers and people to write about him and events concerning him, he made it to explain creation to us and so us in the future would be able to know what has been said and what will happen
>Christian Europeans throughout history have been the only ones capable of developing true civilization
*cries in Chinese, Aztec, Sumerian, Egyptian and thousands of other non-Christian civilizations*
What is "true" civilization?
Not one had liberty
But Europe
Who says?
Liberty is a false god
Says history
What value does Liberty have?