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Originally Posted by martinguerre
Does this set of metaphors and ideas increase your understanding of life and relationship?
Does this set of metaphors and ideas retain a concern for intellectual egagement?
Does this set of metaphors and ideas have a deep ethical grounding?
Does this set of metaphors and ideas allow for reflection, and insist on self-critical examination?
Does this set of metaphors and ideas respond to life?
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So how do you get from metaphors and ideas to a belief that this is more than a literary document and represents some sort of literal truth?
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Standard operating proceedure was to leave the body to the scavenging birds and dogs. Read Mark again, carefully...and try not to assume the other Gospels. Ressurection has almost nothing to do with the corpse.
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Neverminding that the resurrection part of the Bible was written hundreds of years after Jesus's death, it seems clear that the metaphorical value of the tomb being empty is much greater than a literal understanding of it.
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As i talked about above, the only way *I* know in to Christian faith is to live in the symbols and ideas for a while, and see if they resonate with something with in you.
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So, are you saying then, that you take the metaphorical ideas and then change them into your identity? What is the value of taking the leap from looking for wisdom and messages in the text, and then changing that into the foundation of meaning by treating it as literal fact?