The case has been made that I am taking God too literally. But let me ask you, what parts of the Bible should be taken literally and which parts should be figurative? And what is the metaphoric, hyperbolic justification for stoning to death your family members if they worship another God? What moral lessons can be derived from that? And if it was indeed just hyperbole, why didn’t Jesus say that? Instead, Jesus said that he did not come to change the law, but to fulfill it. There is no justification for a hyperbolic God, but there is an explanation…
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