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The Bible is a collection of texts that as a Christian, I believe is the inerrant, inspired "God breathed" Word of God. I think the amazing thing is that God used the medium of words to convey to us His thoughts. It's mind boggling to wrap your mind around that fact. Anyways, biblical interpretation needs to be done in much the same way as literary interpretation. The genre of the text needs to be considered, the author's intentions, the context, etc. For example, the Psalms are largely poetic. You would not necessarily read these words completely literally. However, the Gospels are narratives-- recordings of history, and thus should be read literally (example: Jesus died and resurrected) as is much of the Old Testament. I know this doesnt answer most of the comments here, but just my thoughts...
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liberals rule. phhtt.
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