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okasha

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11. What I'm seeing as current usage among evangelicals

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #10)

Thu Jun 5, 2014, 03:53 PM

Jun 2014

and literalists is "God-breathed,"--the uh, literal translation of of "inspired." As ST says, it's not even a single book. Ta biblia is "The Books," not one book. We regard it casually as a single volume because that's how it's currently bound, but it took Christianity about 300 years to settle on the canon, and even so, different churches accept different selections.

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28 Percent Of Americans Believe The Bible Is The Literal Word Of God [View all] hrmjustin Jun 2014 OP

I wonder what percentage of the 28% have actually read the whole thing. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2014 #1

lol not many I am sure. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #2

Way too high. Literalism is ridiculous. cbayer Jun 2014 #3

As usual you make good points. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #5

How can a book, which is an anthology written by dozens of humans over centuries... Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #4

I guess it is just too easy to follow and not question for some. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #6

I'm fascinated by the claim that it as the literal word of God. Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #8

I don't know where it originated but I think the 19th century evangelicals really perfected it. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #9

I remember seeing a painting Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2014 #7

It might also reflect a change in what the words "Literal Word of God" mean el_bryanto Jun 2014 #10

What I'm seeing as current usage among evangelicals okasha Jun 2014 #11