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Atheists & Agnostics

trotsky

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3. Progress!

Reply to Stuckinthebush (Original post)

Fri May 19, 2017, 08:54 AM

May 2017

Of course there is no true "literalist" who takes ALL of the bible literally, because one simply cannot. Too many direct contradictions, and ridiculous commands like killing your kid if they disobey.

But what most Christians don't realize is that they're ALL literalists to some extent. If you think Jesus died for your sins and was resurrected, you're a literalist when it comes to those stories.

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