Re: I\'ve been Thinking
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And yes there exist Christian fundamentalists that believe that the Bible is the word of God, that none of it is allegorical or figurative. Usually the same people who believe the Earth has only existed for 6000 years.
Young Earth Creationists are not necessarily a small segment of Christianity, either.
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The point is that religious texts can be interpreted in a wide variety of ways, and that not many religions are so monolithic that everyone interprets their texts in the same way.
This should be pretty obvious.
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I don't disagree with any of this. I'm just pointing out that SOME passages can be pretty darn clear. It isn't ALL entirely dependent on interpretation.
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