[luckyme]

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Ok. I'll give you an example of literal.

If the Bible says Jesus died on a cross I take it literally that he was crucified on a wooden cross. I don't try to read something into that isn't there. I try to distort it by saying "you mean he died when he got ran over by a car in a crosswalk". I read & comprend the words as they are on the page.

On the other hand, Jesus used a lot of parables to teach. Parables need to be interpreted, at least partially, no?

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Well, that's two of us that are in some sort of literal trouble then.

I'm not concerned with the parables, it was literal I've been trying to sort out. I assume the parables were written in red or have a lead in phrase, perhaps, "It's like ...." or some other way of alerting us when we move from literal to figurative. another day perhaps.

thanks, luckyme