For Clarity, Theists This Is How You Sound To Atheists
Mar 16, 2017 15:36:42 GMT
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Mar 16, 2017 15:36:42 GMT
The point was not Jewish mythology. If it is mythology, the intent was to get the reader to mix it with reality. No one in Scripture ever confused the two and the notion that none of the stories in OT happened was a later circumstance.
The writers of the Bible were not writing a newspaper though. Some of the stories were written down several centuries after the history which means there's no way the writers would have gotten the details just like we do not have all the details for even recent historic events.
That doesn't change the notion that the writers of the time didn't believe that which they wrote down. So their intent was t write down literal history even if they didn't necessarily have the complete understanding to explain it. It is in no way written like other mythologies which is why there is so much discussion on something that isn't nearly as important as the message presented.
The writers of the Bible were not writing a newspaper though. Some of the stories were written down several centuries after the history which means there's no way the writers would have gotten the details just like we do not have all the details for even recent historic events.
That doesn't change the notion that the writers of the time didn't believe that which they wrote down. So their intent was t write down literal history even if they didn't necessarily have the complete understanding to explain it. It is in no way written like other mythologies which is why there is so much discussion on something that isn't nearly as important as the message presented.