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How is it not contradict the church's teachings? I fail to see this. |
Quite plainly, it doesn't contradict the Church's teachings because the Church teaches it.
I know that was a bad answer, but think of it in relation to the following: The Old Testament is not God's complete message in the sense that the New Testament is required to complete it. If you look at Salvation History, you see God revealing different things at different times, in little steps. As a result, some people misenterpret the Old Testament and say it is full of contradictions. There's a ton, but if you look at it from the perspective of a "bigger picture," everything fits into place.
As a result, we can look at the story of Adam & Eve and all of Genesis simply as what God wanted to reveal to people at that time. It's not the truth in the sense that its what really happened, but rather a story by which we can discern God's true intentions.
If you look at science from the perspective that it is something God created to suit His and our own purposes, and see the story of Adam and Eve as a story of motive rather than fact, it becomes apparent that there really is nothing wrong with evolution. God made science, and through it he moulded humans. If you remember the whole notion of human souls, there really can be nothing about evolution that opposes the Church's teachings.
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you shouldnt? um, why didnt god say it was a metaphore? how do we humans really know what god meant if he didnt specify and decided to be so vague
maybe 'thou shalt not steal' is actually a metaphor for how we should all live under social life where there are no property rights and everyone shares everything.... hmmmmmm
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Ummm... 'thou shalt not steal' is a moral law and as such is not open for interpretation. There's nothing to misenterpret... it's always meant don't take what isn't yours and it will never mean anything else.
Of course the objective law isn't the only part to morality and as such the intention and the situation must be taken into account... but there is still nothing vague about the law itself. There are no ambiguities in something absolute and universal, and God never intended for there to be, so you're going to need a better example to defend your argument.
And God didn't say the story of Adam and Eve was a metaphor because at the time that's not what He wanted people to understand it as... read my point above.
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if you start bringing in the whole metaphor crap, it leaves the whole interpratation of the bible up for grabs... seems like if god really cared for his people and wanted to show them the light of the path to heaven he would have been more clear.
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First of all, morality is completely clear and that's enough to get you into Heaven, regardless of religion.
And it doesn't bring the whole interpreation of the Bible up for grabs... you have to look at it from the big picture, as I've said a hundred times before in this post.
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