What am I supposed to take literally in the Bible?
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So, what am I supposed to take literally in the Bible? Good question. Let’s start with the idea of literalism. It’s a fairly new idea, gaining prominence in the 18th Century. Some argue that our preoccupation with “literal truth” is a product of the scientific revolution. When science became the rod by which everything else was measured, the singular tool we had for truth, we then thought we needed to approach the Bible in a similar way.
What am I supposed to take literally in the Bible?
What am I supposed to take literally in the…
What am I supposed to take literally in the Bible?
So, what am I supposed to take literally in the Bible? Good question. Let’s start with the idea of literalism. It’s a fairly new idea, gaining prominence in the 18th Century. Some argue that our preoccupation with “literal truth” is a product of the scientific revolution. When science became the rod by which everything else was measured, the singular tool we had for truth, we then thought we needed to approach the Bible in a similar way.