you are a bible thumper that didnt come to this discussion with an open mind. the more i show you the fallacy of your logic, the more dilluted your arguments will become.
first, at one point you say that we should beleive what the bible tells us. then, you say that we should see a deeper truth. what you in fact mean is that we should see your deeper truth.
what if i looked at one line in the bible which is where jesus says that the kingdom of god lies in our own hearts. from that line, which does exist, i could say that god is not some far off entity but i am god. furthermore, since what i consider to be "I" is constantly changing, then god is constantly changing. accordingly, since this is the case, then what god wants is constantly changing along with him, so i should not act in any way, shape, or form which is consistant with the bible because the god of back then is not the god of now, and what he wants may have changed. thus, i go out and fuck other men cause this could be what god wants now.
i am guessing that you would say that what i think is not really the truth because this does not stand in line with how you interpret that one line about the kingdom of god.
look. either you believe in the bible word for word if you are going to extrapulate from it what god wants or you dont believe it at all. otherwise, it becomes a game of interpretation. and in that game, i can interpret many things differently than you.
i know you may say that i am presenting a false dichotomy about belief in the bible, but you set up that dichotomy when you say that one interpretation is wrong and the other is right. if you want to put value judgements on interpretations, then you better fully believe or not at all.
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