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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I went to Vacation Bible School with my child this last week.  One of the stories that was told was Genesis.  Are there denominations which do not take the bible literally?  The person teaching the bible lessons talked about what happened on year "day".  OK let's say I can accept that each "day" was actually billions of years and that the bible tells stories that are not literally true.  Is there a denomination for me?

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How old is your child?

I was raised in a protestant denomination and never encountered biblical literalists. However, as a young child, I was also taught the story of Genesis "on the first day..." and there wasn't a lot of discussion around what "day" might mean (or even beyond that). It was more coloring animals, cutting out trees, that sort of thing. I was probably 10 or 11 before biblical-stories-as-metaphor became part of my church education, and to be honest that was more likely to happen in sunday school or youth group. VBS was typically much more camp-like and religious education was very surface.

Of course every church is different, but I wouldn't be inclined to pick a church based on its VBS. I'd sit in on several services, visit youth and adult education classes, and otherwise look into the life of the church.[/quote]

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