From: stephen.m..adams@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this   
      
     To: alt.battlestar-galactica,   
   Jim Phillips  writes:   
   >On 6 Oct 2005, Stephen M. Adams wrote:   
   >> Jim Phillips  writes:   
   >> >On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Kees Boer wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >> Ok, where does the Bible state that the sun revolves around the earth?   
   >> >   
   >> >	Joshua makes the Sun stand still, which means that it's the one   
   >> >that's moving.  Pretty basic, and a very sensible conclusion.   
   >>   
   >> Jim - this is pretty lame, actually.  In English, we use terms like   
   >> 'sunrise' and 'sunset' and similar terms, when we know for a fact   
   >> that the sun is not rising or setting, but that the earth is rotating.   
   >   
   >	Yes, but we don't claim that *everything* we say is *literally*   
   >correct and should be read that way.  That's the issue for me.   
      
   See below.   
      
   >> We also talk about stars transiting the night sky, constellations rising   
   >> and setting, the sun being 'in' a constellation, and a whole host of   
   >> other things that aren't scientifically 'accurate' - at least not when   
   >> taken literally.   
   >   
   >	Again, that's why I don't criticize people who don't claim that   
   >everything should be taken literally.  If biblical idolators didn't want me   
   >to take the bible literally, it wouldn't be an issue.  But they do, and they   
   >want me to agree with their interpretation (if it has to be interpreted, how   
   >can it be "literally" correct?).   
      
   But even the strongest Biblical literalists permit for allegory, metaphor,   
   idiom, etc.  In other words, it appears to me that you've setup a straw   
   man - that every single word is literally true, that no allegorical,   
   metaphorical, figurative or idiomatic sense is ever permitted.   
      
   Do you know of someone who claims literalism in the way you reject?  I   
   don't mean to be flip or disrespectful, but let's at least criticize   
   properly.  It does us credit if we stick to solid criticism.   
      
    -Stephen   
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