JetLeg
10th June 2009, 06:20 PM
My father treated the bible as literature, and tried to give it personal interpretations that were meaningful to him.
As a result of that, for a very long time, when religious people talked about god, I was sure that they speak metaphorically and not literally.
I reasoned that if they would speak literally, that would make no sense at all. So probably it is more a metaphorical meaning, or an existential one that shows one's attitude to life, but isn't about facts.
Did something like that happen to anyone else?
As a result of that, for a very long time, when religious people talked about god, I was sure that they speak metaphorically and not literally.
I reasoned that if they would speak literally, that would make no sense at all. So probably it is more a metaphorical meaning, or an existential one that shows one's attitude to life, but isn't about facts.
Did something like that happen to anyone else?