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Old 11-24-2004, 09:05 PM   #9
Beestie
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In college, I was invited and sat in on a "literalist" group prayer meeting or whatever. As a Christian I was open to the invitation.

But, shortly into the meeting, I began to grasp that they really took every word at face value! When I pointed out that Jesus spoke in parables and allegories in order to offer his considerable wisdom to generations beyond his own, I was greeted with a less than enthusiastic response.

My short encounter with, for lack of a better term, the literalists, was as brief as it was enlightening. For me, anyway.
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