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Originally Posted by jlisenbe

It also contains scripture which makes you uncomfortable, and those must NEVER be taken literally. So I'll let you investigate this on your own. I don't care for the backdoor you give yourself. And that is not unkind or mean. It's just, as you well know, very true.

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Nothing in the Bible makes me uncomfortable. Backdoor?

The 66 books of the Bible were written by many authors for various reasons at different times in history, and, in addition to some of it being literal, within those books is also a variety of figurative genres -- metaphor, imagery, hyperbole, irony, personification, allegory. Do the hills really sing and the trees really clap their hands? (Psalms) Are believers really the salt of the earth? (Matthew) Does the devil really prowl amongst us like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour? (1 Peter) Does God really raise the poor from the dust and lift the needy from the ash heap? (Psalms)

When this ("But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.") can be morphed into an absurdity like this, (The author's intent was to scare the pants off the reader so that person would give up ungodly ways. Much like a parent who scolds a child for clumsiness or sloppiness with the threat, "If you don't start shaping up and do better than this, you'll end up in hell!"), then it has nothing to do with metaphors, imagery, and so forth. It's pure prejudice at work. That's why I leave it with you.

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Originally Posted by jlisenbe

When this ("But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.") can be morphed into an absurdity like this, (The author's intent was to scare the pants off the reader so that person would give up ungodly ways. Much like a parent who scolds a child for clumsiness or sloppiness with the threat, "If you don't start shaping up and do better than this, you'll end up in hell!"), then it has nothing to do with metaphors, imagery, and so forth. It's pure prejudice at work. That's why I leave it with you.

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I have absolutely no idea what you are trying to say, what your point is.

Again: "Nothing in the Bible makes me uncomfortable. Backdoor?" What to you is the front door?