Letters to the Editor
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Bible is a Literalist's nightmare...
It's amazing to me how fundamentalists get so wrapped up in "word for word" literal "truth" of the Bible. Six days HAS to be six "24-hour days" even though the Bible is a metaphorpalooza in its prophetic passages. In particular, the creation story is silent on so many issues of geology, geography, species diversity, etc. Scholars have been struggling with these questions since the Renaissance. Consequently, human speculation and interpretation ARE NECESSARY to support some of the conclusions presented at the creation museum.
As quaint as it sounds to have vegetarian T-rexes frolicking with sheep, it seems a pretty cruel trick for God to give them teeth unsuited for anything but a carnivorous diet. Talk about foreshadowing the "Fall."
Bottom line, the Bible is far too incomplete to offer literal answers for all of existence. Heck, even as a basis for spiritual faith, it has some issues. Fundamentalists already know that the Bible uses poetic license in some places. If they could only accept that there is room in the world for faith WITHOUT literalism, the world would be a much better place.