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Originally Posted by Dale
He thought me deceived, but i know he would have thought me twice deceived if i had told him the book was just sacred allegory.
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Doesn't matter what some naysayer thinks of your faith, so why should you care if he believes you are doubly rather than singularly deceived? Sacred Allegory is by my definition, literature that contains symbolic truth. This truth by its very nature is worthwhile. No need to be ashamed of it. Besides by its same nature, it is proof against prevailing evidence that its origins are not historical. It keeps its believers from needing to forever come to its defense from attacks as to its origin.
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To me continuing to say the book is inspired by God would be empty propaganda.
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Who says that such allegory cannot have had some divine inspiration or is in itself not pleasing to God?