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TheWorm:
--- Quote from: Digmaster on May 20, 2009, 07:08:48 PM ---I did read it. I've read the entire Bible. Listen, the bible never says "This is metaphorical" it never goes to far as to imply it, most of the time.
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Not many books take the time to explain to you their metaphors, much less tell you where to find the metaphors. In fact, I'm pretty sure none of them do. I doubt very much that you've read even the good parts of the Bible. That's probably why you have no capacity for appreciating it.
Frogg:
--- Quote from: TheWorm on May 20, 2009, 07:05:53 PM --- Adam and Eve was part of The Book of Genesis, it was all metaphorical. C'mon, people! Read the damn book!
It's a great piece of literature, and why you would ignore it because of its association with religion is beyond me.
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Yes. The bible is also in my opinion, completely metaphorical.
--- Quote ---I did read it. I've read the entire Bible. Listen, the bible never says "This is metaphorical" it never goes to far as to imply it, most of the time.
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It doesn't say it has to be metaphorical. It's something that you have to figure out yourself.
Digmaster:
--- Quote from: TheWorm on May 20, 2009, 07:09:53 PM --- Not many books take the time to explain to you their metaphors, much less tell you where to find the metaphors. In fact, I'm pretty sure none of them do. I doubt very much that you've read even the good parts of the Bible. That's probably why you have no capacity for appreciating it.
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I was sick for about a week. I had no books, so I sat down with the bible. I read from one cover to the other, skipping none. There's even some good love scenes in there :D
yuki:
--- Quote from: TheWorm on May 20, 2009, 07:09:53 PM --- Not many books take the time to explain to you their metaphors, much less tell you where to find the metaphors. In fact, I'm pretty sure none of them do. I doubt very much that you've read even the good parts of the Bible. That's probably why you have no capacity for appreciating it.
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Any book that contains a metaphor usually has 'time' to simply say "metaphorically" or "hypothetically". However, I understand what you're saying. I find the bible itself, as literature, to be an uninteresting read. When something forces you to dig out specific "good" parts, then it's not very good anyway.
TheWorm:
--- Quote from: yuki on May 20, 2009, 07:23:07 PM ---Any book that contains a metaphor usually has 'time' to simply say "metaphorically" or "hypothetically". However, I understand what you're saying. I find the bible itself, as literature, to be an uninteresting read. When something forces you to dig out specific "good" parts, then it's not very good anyway.
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In a book that large with that many authors, there are bound to be some bad parts, but I see what you mean. On the subject of metaphorically or hypothetically, you're obviously misunderstanding. If the entire book or story is a metaphor for something else, they're not going to point it out to you. I don't mean little things like "He metaphorically took the bully by the horns."