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[quote=Anonymous]Perhaps because I was raised in the Episcopal Church, I don't understand why people feel compelled to read the Bible literally. Jesus spoke in parables, so obviously God is comfortable with the use of metaphor to get ideas across.

Let's also not forget that all the arrangement and interpretation of the Bible was done by people. When I consider that a bunch of (no doubt) bickering Church bureaucrats are the folks who decided which books to keep in and which to keep out, I feel like questioning certain aspects of the Bible isn't questioning the word of God, it's questioning the judgment of those religious leaders. I'm sure they prayed for divine guidance, but that's all any of us can do.

As for interpretation, different sects even count the 10 commandments differently. I always thought the 10 commandments were set in stone (literally!), but no.

The more you step back from the Bible and look at how it's been interpreted, the more you realize how much what you get from it has been filtered through other people, who don't have any greater divine authority than you do.

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