re: #246 Targetpractice
Yes folks, 2000+ year old stories written by desert farmers with little formal education were given the literal word of “God” and wrote it down as proof of his work.
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4000 year old stories; and God made chapters 1 and 2 of the very front of the book mutually exclusive narratives. He thought people were clever enough to realize that meant the book wasn’t to be taken at face value, that people should look deeper for meaning.
Metaphor is not a modern invention.