waitasec
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Imagination is what we use to resolve contradictions.
:biglaugh:
please continue imagining yourself running through a brick wall
it's quite entertaining
opcorn:
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Imagination is what we use to resolve contradictions.
:biglaugh:
please continue imagining yourself running through a brick wall
it's quite entertaining
opcorn:
I'm getting frubals for my wit....how about you?
Believing in Santa Claus had rules.
(be good or you get a lump of coal)
Anything you decide to believe in, will have rules.
Science to have faith?.....is not one of those rules.
Obviously you are free to add whatever rules you want into a story. My point was that when writing make-believe, you are not bound by any laws. You are free to go with your story anywhere your imagination will take you. That is what I meant by the no rules statement.
I could almost agree with you....almost.
There are rules to story telling.
A certain quality must be there, or the story simply won't have what it takes to be....a story.
The bible is of course one story after another...each with something to offer.
Some of them are very dry, and lengthy....very time consuming.
Others are quick, but not always read in the same 'light'.
Mixing metaphor and literal terms can make a story interesting.
But because the bible is also considered a guide book to life and living....
most participants place too much upon the writing ....rather than the meaning.
When a story lacks meaning....there's not much point to it.
And the bible can be read in so many ways.
For this topic thread, should we not be focusing on the technique of reading the book?...rather than affirming or denouncing the book.
Are the stories in the Bible to be taken:
a) Literally
b) Metaphorically
c) Both
d) No one knows
I agree, there are mechanical and editorial rules that must be followed when telling a story, for instance you must have a vehicle to deliver your story, like words or sign language, without these things, it’s not a story. When I say no rules I am talking about the fact that physical laws no longer necessarily apply. In writing a story you are free to construct your own reality any way you like.
Whichever of those that acomplishes to make you a more loving and accepting(that is better than tolerant) person