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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.religion,net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Literal Vs. Spiritual
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 19:02:11 EST
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In article <945@gitpyr.UUCP> ken@gitpyr.UUCP (Ken Hall) writes:
>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.
>
	Yes indeed. This is why I believe it is an error to use the
Bible to support some particular "scientific" theory, since to do so
is to read it *materialistically* rather than *spiritually*.
-- 

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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