Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site gitpyr.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!gatech!gitpyr!ken From: ken@gitpyr.UUCP (Ken Hall) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.religion.christian Subject: Literal Vs. Spiritual Message-ID: <945@gitpyr.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 09:47:33 EST Article-I.D.: gitpyr.945 Posted: Tue Oct 29 09:47:33 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 01:14:40 EST References: <627@dicomed.UUCP> Reply-To: ken@gitpyr.UUCP (Ken Hall) Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia Lines: 18 Xref: linus net.religion:7698 net.religion.christian:1497 Comment: The Bible, if written by God, who is spirit, is spiritual. Anyone who tries to understand it literally or materialistically will wind up hating it because it makes no sense. The entire Old Testament and New Testament, including all references to creation speak of spiritual reality. The Bible itself describes itself thus. In fact, it also points out that the only person that can understand it is a person who has the spirit of God living within them. Now, this is not something I have made up, it is written very plainly. So, doesn't it make sense that a book written by a spiritual being should be interpreted and understood spiritually? It's no wonder that there are so many "interpretations" of the Book! And so many contradictions (seemingly)! Ken Hall