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.

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[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

If you read it as literature, Uncommon_Mom, you'll be ahead of most Christians, who haven't read it at all.

(Episcopalians and Lutherans are in complete agreement, BTW. ELCA and ECUSA are in communion. Mormons have the Bible, and the Book of Mormon, and Doctrines and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price... Mark Twain called the Book of Mormon "Chloroform in print." Catholics add the Apocrypha to the canonical books, and I'll be happy to explain why but I can see your eyes glazing over from here...)