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ok are you supposed to take the bible and the revalations literally or figuratively?
literally- armageddon soon/now
figurativly- always keep hope
then theres the whole thing that john (writer of revaltiaons) wrote this for his people in his time to give them hope about their situation.
but then if you take revalations lit or fig should you take the rest of the bible that same way?
or can you just pick and choose what you want? isnt that what most religions do? pick and choose?
but is that wrong to do?
i think the bibles a big book that gives us stories on how to be good people and do good things.
look at how many people belive in something (god, jesus, the bible, ect, ect)...its fucking crazy!!
# Roman Catholicism: The Roman Catholic Church, the largest single body, which includes several Eastern Catholic communities and totals more than 1 billion baptized members.[3] (Not part of the Catholic Church but closely related are certain smaller communities, e.g., the Old-Catholics.)
# Eastern Christianity: Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Eastern Orthodox Churches (including Western Orthodox churches which preserve Latin practices while accepting Orthodox theology), with a combined membership of more than 300 million baptized members.[3]
# Protestantism: Numerous denominations and groups such as Anglicans, Lutherans, Reformed, Evangelical, Charismatic, Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Nazarenes, Anabaptists, and Pentecostals. The oldest of these separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century Protestant Reformation, followed in many cases by further divisions. Some Protestants identify themselves simply as Christian, or born-again Christian. Others, particularly among Anglicans and in Neo-Lutheranism, identify themselves as being "both Catholic and Protestant". Worldwide total ranges from 592 to 650 million
Other Christian denominations and churches which distance themselves from the above classifications and some of their major beliefs claim around 275 million members. These include African indigenous churches with up to 110 million members (estimates vary widely), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also called Mormons) with more than 12 million members[5], Jehovah's Witnesses with approximately 6.6 million members[6], and the Unity Church, with approximately 2 million members.[7]. In addition to official denominations, break-away sects, orthodox movements within denominations and sects, and heretical movements, there is also a wide variety of extra-church groups associated with Christianity.
and all these people interpret the bible in so many different ways!!! why!!!! and what religion does it so correctly? and why are there so many belivers?
geez thanks history channel for making me think at 1 in the morning!!!!!! jerk!!
ok are you supposed to take the bible and the revalations literally or figuratively?
literally- armageddon soon/now
figurativly- always keep hope
then theres the whole thing that john (writer of revaltiaons) wrote this for his people in his time to give them hope about their situation.
but then if you take revalations lit or fig should you take the rest of the bible that same way?
or can you just pick and choose what you want? isnt that what most religions do? pick and choose?
but is that wrong to do?
i think the bibles a big book that gives us stories on how to be good people and do good things.
look at how many people belive in something (god, jesus, the bible, ect, ect)...its fucking crazy!!
# Roman Catholicism: The Roman Catholic Church, the largest single body, which includes several Eastern Catholic communities and totals more than 1 billion baptized members.[3] (Not part of the Catholic Church but closely related are certain smaller communities, e.g., the Old-Catholics.)
# Eastern Christianity: Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Eastern Orthodox Churches (including Western Orthodox churches which preserve Latin practices while accepting Orthodox theology), with a combined membership of more than 300 million baptized members.[3]
# Protestantism: Numerous denominations and groups such as Anglicans, Lutherans, Reformed, Evangelical, Charismatic, Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Nazarenes, Anabaptists, and Pentecostals. The oldest of these separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century Protestant Reformation, followed in many cases by further divisions. Some Protestants identify themselves simply as Christian, or born-again Christian. Others, particularly among Anglicans and in Neo-Lutheranism, identify themselves as being "both Catholic and Protestant". Worldwide total ranges from 592 to 650 million
Other Christian denominations and churches which distance themselves from the above classifications and some of their major beliefs claim around 275 million members. These include African indigenous churches with up to 110 million members (estimates vary widely), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also called Mormons) with more than 12 million members[5], Jehovah's Witnesses with approximately 6.6 million members[6], and the Unity Church, with approximately 2 million members.[7]. In addition to official denominations, break-away sects, orthodox movements within denominations and sects, and heretical movements, there is also a wide variety of extra-church groups associated with Christianity.
and all these people interpret the bible in so many different ways!!! why!!!! and what religion does it so correctly? and why are there so many belivers?
geez thanks history channel for making me think at 1 in the morning!!!!!! jerk!!