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mjmasyesterday at 2:36 PM1 replyview on HN

What is wrong with taking the Bible as literal statement of fact?


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graemepyesterday at 5:46 PM

Its a departure from Christian tradition (including early Christians), and it leads to demonstrably false conclusions, and its silly to treat many works of many different genres (myth, chronicles, personal accounts, poetry and lyrics, biographies, and letters) as all being interpreted the same way.

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