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Originally Posted by pelathais
Did a man literally go down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fall among thieves? Was this same man's plight subsequently ignored by both a priest and then a Levite, each in turn? Was this same man then literally rescued by a "Good Samaritan?"
What was the Samaritan even doing on a road between two "clean" Jewish cities? The priests and Levites would take this route to deliberately avoid traveling through "unclean" Samaria, but why would a Samaritan avoid Samaria?
Do you even take this story literally? Why not? It doesn't really say that it's a "parable" anywhere.
Did "Lazarus" literally find himself within Abraham's literal bosom? The list goes on. Why not just accept the Bible on its own terms?
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Pel the things you presented, the Bible presents AS PARABLES. The things were discussing the Bible presents AS EVENTS, big difference.
Did the walls of Jereicho literally fall down when some people shouted?
Did lots wife really turn into a pillar?
Did God really destroy Sodom & Ghommorah with fire?
Did Moses really recieve the 10 commandments written by God himself?
Did the sun really stand still in the sky?
Did David really kill a lion and a bear with his bare hands?
Did Samason really defeat 3000 phillistines?
Why stop in the old testament, once you doubt something?
Did a VIRGIN really have a baby?
Did a dead man really get up out of his grave?
Did people really come out of the graves at Jesus crucifiction?
There are some things in the Bible hard for me to fathom, but I've seen the miraculous in my life, and I have no reason to doubt seeing how the Bible has worked in my life. I haven't seen a blind man see, and I haven't seen a dead man get up, but I have seen demons cast out, and miraculous healings.
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