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Sleeping in EQ · 01-14-2006, 01:06 AM

A little fun for a Friday evening. Here are some plausible, but very simplified points of view:

1: You accept the biblical account as factual and truthful. The event happened literally and as described.
2: The important facts are right, but a few details are likely wrong or skewed.
3: Unsure.
4: There may be some facts in there, but the account is mostly valuable for the truth and symbolism that can be found. Like poetry, it need not be factual to be truthful, inspiring, and valuable.
5: The account is probably not factual or truthful, but is valuable because of the tradition of thought attached to it.
6: The account is not factual, truthful, or valuable.

Please apply this 1-6 rubric to the following points of view (and feel free to elaborate if you like):

Adam and Eve

Cain and Abel

Noah and the ark

Lot’s wife turning to salt

The plagues of Egypt

Parting of the Red Sea

The walls of Jericho

Jonah and the whale

Job

Daniel and the lions den

01-14-2006, 01:06 AM	#1
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	Bible accounts: points of view A little fun for a Friday evening. Here are some plausible, but very simplified points of view: 1: You accept the biblical account as factual and truthful. The event happened literally and as described. 2: The important facts are right, but a few details are likely wrong or skewed. 3: Unsure. 4: There may be some facts in there, but the account is mostly valuable for the truth and symbolism that can be found. Like poetry, it need not be factual to be truthful, inspiring, and valuable. 5: The account is probably not factual or truthful, but is valuable because of the tradition of thought attached to it. 6: The account is not factual, truthful, or valuable. Please apply this 1-6 rubric to the following points of view (and feel free to elaborate if you like): Adam and Eve Cain and Abel Noah and the ark Lot’s wife turning to salt The plagues of Egypt Parting of the Red Sea The walls of Jericho Jonah and the whale Job Daniel and the lions den __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.