~THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED FOR fiskfryen HE/SHE HAS BLOCKED ME FROM EVERYWHERE ELSE, EVEN THOUGH I WAS ONLY TRYING TO ANSWER HIS/HER QUESTION~





Now, if you aren't that person, feel free to scroll through this... Although you may be interested, I have no clue. There's no vulgarity or anything, I promise.





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I could read the Bible every second of every day and one passage would still mean something different every time. That's what makes it so special.



What baffles me though is your insistence that someone who makes familiarity with the Bible a priority is somehow ignorant of it... that idea in of itself is ignorant enough on it's own. If you have any other passages you'd like to dispute PLEASE don't be afraid to bring them up.

Hi there again figured I'd find you here... You've made it impossible for me to find you anywhere else, but your arguments to an earlier comment I simply HAD to dispute. You've blocked me every where else... which I can't begin to understand, but okay, here we go. This is pertaining to the verses you sent me that supposedly claim the Earth is flat, and then, even though I've never once been vulgar or unfair to you, you sent me that comment and then blocked me EVERYWHERE so that I couldn't possibly defend myself, which was very frustrating and personally, I think, a little cowardly of you.I would advise you to educate yourself in the fact that that particular passage in Isaiah happens to be prose describing God's might and power in a vision he was having. If you were as well educated and knowledgeable as you claim you would understand that Isaiah was an Old Testament prophet; meaning he foresaw events and received visions from God that he himself was left to interpret.I mean just look at the word choice alone... clearly a metaphor. "Enthroned" "Grasshoppers" "Tent" Clearly it's meant to convey God's majesty and how he created the world from his throne and we are the small people who look up to him.Also take into account that EVERY SINGLE WORD IN THE BIBLE IS DERIVED AND (sometimes poorly, to be honest) TRANSLATED FROM AN ANCIENT HEBREW LANGUAGE.Your second verse is from Revelations... poor example my friend... Revelations is all a vision of the future demise of the world as we know it... probably not a relevant reference for this at all... but good try!The third one... Another poor interpretation. Read the bit before it... it is describing how the light covers the world at dawn, not it's geological shape. Wouldn't you agree that the dawn seems flat to behold?On the next one I'd advise you to go find a Bible and physically look up that verse because it is not even correct... And even if that was where you found that, the second chapter of 1 Samuel is Hannah's song of praise to the Lord... not exactly a description of anything tangible. They're ancient song lyrics meant to glorify God.There are some passages in the Bible that are not meant to be taken literally, but are rather meant to convey a certain meaning or to portray God in a particular light that most befitted the message of the prophet or disciple. This is the main reason why most of the New Testament appears so different from the Old, because the translation makes it appear like two completely different accounts of the same theology; the New Testament was primarily written in either Latin, or a language easily translated into Latin...I'm going to feel confident in assuming that you have never read these passages yourself and have instead read this on some other agnostic forum, or if you're ambitious enough, a book written by an agnostic written to discredit the Bible for being "pagan" when in fact, they are grossly misinterpreting it; taking two sentences from a passage that is obviously not meant to be taken in a literal light.Do you know the definition of a metaphor Mr. Agnostic? Can grasp the concept of imagery? How boring and impersonal would a belief be if it only explained something as it could be described in its most basic form?But on second thought, that's what your belief system is isn't it?And DO NOT "suggest that I read the Bible".... I read it every night, good sir, which is why I'm as confident as ever that I know the one true God and that he is great and loving and has made a beautiful universe. I pray that one day you'll see that. But until then, I'd be happy to produce some passages that DO NOT conflict with science/history/ what have you. Because despite what you believe the Bible was precisely and intelligently written. Every word has a very specific connotation, which is why so many people devote their lives to it's interpretation, just like you would any other historic and significant work of literature.