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Originally posted by Beestie
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Given that (which is where I am coming from), I understand the Bible as written in metaphors that one can apply to one's own paradigm.
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Saying the Bible is written in metaphors is a little misleading, but I think I get what you are saying.
The Bible is a collection of many books. Some sections of the Bible are mythlike (the TWO creation stories in Genesis), some cronical history (Kings), some is poetry (Song of Songs), some is prayer and song (Psalms). There are also many many authors to the books of the Bible, and they had varying intents with what they wrote (something literalism fails to capture)
The parts that are history, such as the lives of the different kings that israel had, are not metaphor as written. They are history -how accurate they are is debatable, but they are still historical documents.
Now one could look at the life of one of the kings and draw parallels to ones own life, but that is similar to looking at the history of one of the presidents and drawing paralells from that.