Job 32-34

[wolfpurplemoon]

Just read an appropriate post at Pharyngula: The idea that the Bible should be interpreted as a metaphor is a good one — because it melts the superstition away.. I guess I need to stop trying to take every word of the bible literally, not that I know how else to take it.

Elihu was showing respect for his elders by just listening while they squabbled, but now they've reached a dead end in their discussion he's decided to let them know he thinks their arguments were flawed. He is very sure that he knows better than them.

Comments

[vequenor.livejournal.com]

As I told you earlier: Luke never mentions Herod the Great. He mentions a ruler of Jedea named Herod, which could easily have been any of Herod the Great's sons who were contemporaries of Quirinius. There is no record of Augustus ordering a census; that does not mean that he did not order one, and, even so, such a minor point would hardly tell against the over-all accuracy of any other document. Thirdly, as I already told you, Luke does not say that anyone was required to go to their home town, merely that people did so. As such, I really wish you wouldn't just ignore previous discussion as you see fit and deliver false ultimatums.