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Atheists & Agnostics

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3. I always wonder why "taking it literally" is bad?

Mon Jul 17, 2017, 08:28 PM

Jul 2017

Apparently just reading the book is wrong, you have to have someone interpret it for you (didn't they start a whole schism over that?)

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Creationists Are Mocking Flat Earthers for Taking the Bible Too Literally [View all] NeoGreen Jul 2017 OP

Taking something seriously but not literally BeyondGeography Jul 2017 #1

wait --- whut??? rurallib Jul 2017 #2

I always wonder why "taking it literally" is bad? Lordquinton Jul 2017 #3