originally posted in:Secular Sevens
Only if you assume that religious texts are meant to be taken completely literally, which for most isn't the case.
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Edited by Mad Max: 7/30/2013 6:17:42 AMWhile true, there's no disclaimer in the beginning or end of the texts that says that it shouldn't be taken literally.
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Fictional books don't have disclaimers either. You have to look at the entire context to truly understand.
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The Bible, for example, is not filed under "fiction". The Harry Potter books are. Also, a great many parts of the Bible are interpreted literally. For example, God creating the sun, man, plants, and animals.
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If you start this interview at 9:07, you'll learn that interpreting the bible literally is more of a modern thing. That was never the traditional view of reading the bible before the mid 1800s. http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/reza-aslan-introduces-jesus-the-zealot/51db050f78c90a2d590000b5 You can look up the guy on Wiki for his credentials.
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So??? There are people that take star wars seriously and think they are jedi.
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Again, something like Star Wars is listed under Fiction or Fantasy.
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Yeah, thing is 2000 years ago they didn't have disclaimers and trademarks so things were relatively free to interpretation.