~;> as no one could define the spiritual world as exactly as it is
so the bible say something like this
that somehow it is literally described as a material thing but behind it there is something spiritual
:read: (as it is written)
2 Chronicles 13:5
Ought you not to know that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
Luke 9:25
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
26 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
27 But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."
also
here is one of many sample of a literally physical material things that is created by god
as it is written
:read:
Proverbs 8:26
while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the
dust of the world.
as we compair it to a scientific findings
:read: (so as it is written)
Porous
chondrite interplanetary dust particle.
Cosmic dust is
dust which exists in
outer space. Most cosmic dust particles are between a few
molecules to 0.1
µm in size. A smaller fraction of all dust in space consists of larger refractory minerals that condensed as matter left the stars. It is called "stardust" and is included in a separate section below. The dust density falling to Earth is approximately 10−6/m3 with each grain having a mass between 10−16kg and 10−4 kg.
Cosmic dust can be further distinguished by its astronomical location:
intergalactic dust, interstellar dust, interplanetary dust (such as in the
zodiacal cloud) and
circumplanetary dust (such as in a
planetary ring). In the
Solar System, interplanetary dust causes the
zodiacal light. Sources of Solar System dust include
comet dust,
asteroidal dust, dust from the
Kuiper belt, and interstellar dust passing through the Solar System. The terminology has no specific application for describing materials found on the planet
Earth except for dust that has demonstrably fallen to Earth. By one estimate, as much as 40,000 tons of cosmic dust reaches the Earth's surface every year. In October 2011, scientists reported that cosmic dust contains complex
organic matter (amorphous organic solids with a mixed
aromatic–
aliphatic structure) that could be created naturally, and rapidly, by
stars.
On August 14, 2014, scientists announced the collection of possible interstellar dust particles from the
Stardust spacecraft since returning to Earth in 2006.
thats why
christjesus told this things during that time
so as it is written
:read:
John 3:31
He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
33 He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
34
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for he gives the Spirit without measure.
35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
36 One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
:ty:
godbless
unto all always
Seeing the intolerance and hate by Christians in my newsfeed every day, from anti-trans protests to this:
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/geo...h-at-christian-gathering-let-his-days-be-few/ , I started thinking that a lot of intolerance could be eliminated by a non-literal interpretation of the Bible. This thread is for those of you who practice that to some extent.
Background:
Sola Scriptura, the doctrine that says the Bible is the one, literal, inerrant source of all religious truth, didn't exist in the early Christian church. It was a Protestant invention in the 1500s. Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy do not subscribe to this idea. I greatly admire the apophatic mystic theology of the early Eastern Orthodox church, which owes to mystic experience and not Biblical text.
Sola Scriptura is responsible for science denial, for example the refusal to see the Genesis account of creation as the creation myth that it is, replete with borrowings from Sumerian myth, and just like any other creation myth around the world. Sola Scriptura leads to intolerance against women, gays, and nonbelievers because it refuses to see the Bible as a collection of writings, quite literally written by men who were products of a violent, patriarchal culture, time, and place.
To fully appreciate the Bible, it needs to be contextualized as the mythologized history that it is, and understood anthropologically. When we do this, many of the negatives fall away. Some may say "If you do that, it's not Christianity any more!". No, it's not Christianity as YOU know it, but it is a Christianity. The idea that salvation depends on "correct" belief is a relatively modern one.
Question:
For those of you who do not interpret the Bible literally, how do you interpret it? What shifts in understanding does that produce? How does that change the religion and its message for you? How does the symbolism of the Bible reveal truths to you? Does your practice change the way you relate to others?
Please no preaching about the "only" true Christianity. Thanks.
