Does the Bible want you to take it non-literally?

[rez]

Quote by: Foxfyre Unlike you, I can't speak to anybody else's experience of God.

lol I can't either. I can only listen to everybody elses experience of god.

I can only speak from my experience of God.

You can speak all you want, fine. But failure to realize it is your own personal interpretation is unhealthy.

I don't expect you to understand that and, after your more irrational and convoluted arguments, all of which you ignore when they are pointed out, I don't expect you to ever agree to that.

What is there to not understand? You see god one way and someone else sees god another way..

What is so hard to understand that some people see red and others see more of a darker red? Well....what is so hard about this?

I do know however, that if you want to know what God is saying to you, you need to experience God.

yeah...

And I believe you can experience God if you choose to experience God, on his terms, not yours.

And yet again, nobody cares about what you believe. There is no objective way of experiencing god. Some people think I should mediate to see god. Your own personal way has nothing to do with me.

And whether or not I have experienced God, I do believe that I have the intelligent and sufficient ability for rational thought so that I would not presume to demand that another person prove that which he or she has experienced and make that the sole foundation for any argument I might have on the subject. I also would not presume to pretend that I know what another person has or has not experienced.

But what you said here, does not line up with what you said here...

Quote by: Foxfyre I don't believe that God tells people to murder their children as a mentally ill prerson might claim.

[Foxfyre]

Quote by: rez lol I can't either. I can only listen to everybody elses experience of god. You can speak all you want, fine. But failure to realize it is your own personal interpretation is unhealthy. What is there to not understand? You see god one way and someone else sees god another way.. What is so hard to understand that some people see red and others see more of a darker red? Well....what is so hard about this? yeah... And yet again, nobody cares about what you believe. There is no objective way of experiencing god. Some people think I should mediate to see god. Your own personal way has nothing to do with me. But what you said here, does not line up with what you said here...

What I said lines up with rational people who aren't weaving a confusing and convoluted web to obscure the reality, Rez. I think for now I will not attempt to explain again as you apparently have no interest in discussing what I have said, but rather prefer to discuss what you want me to have said.

And as you do not care what I believe, I strongly suggest you ask questions of somebody that you do care what they believe. You will probably find that to be far more productive. Do have a great day, however.