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The Flood account (a symbolic interpretation)?

strobe · 2010-02-10 17:52:57

Hi, I know that some Christians here believe that the Genesis account of Adam and Eve ect (aswell as other bible stories), shouldn't be read literally and taken as a symbolic story to suggest something about the nature of man and sin ect. So I was just wondering if people view the account of the flood, noah and the ark, in…

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#62 10-03-2010 12:04am
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mehfesto, take it to the Creationism thread where this has already been discussed ad nauseam.

This thread is for discussing symbolic interpretations of the Flood.

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#63 10-03-2010 9:50am
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No probs, just thought with people arguing it was a literal story that I could question the validity of these claims. I mean if it is impossible/improbable, I wouldve though it could only be a symbolic tale.

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