Was the Bible intended to be metaphorical?
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Morality is PURELY subjective. How can you argue otherwise? I can think rape is righteous and moral and there is NO WAY to prove me "wrong", because it's opinion
If God commands immoral things, then he isn't Omnibenevolent and is not worthy of being obeyed.
God decides what is moral or immoral. Just like we Humans will decide for our own AI creations what is moral or immoral.
So, contrary to what religious people often say, there is no objective morality, only what God says, which can be anything.
That isn't a very good example because it is subjective. Death is bad....is subjective. Therefore morality becomes subjective.
I have never, ever claimed that morality was objective.
And what god hasn't commanded immoral things?
Whoever created the gods decide what is moral for them.
Yes and no.
Some parts are clearly meant to be metaphor, other parts seem to be histories. The problem is figuring out which is which.
Learn to read Hebrew and find out for yourself.
In the case of man written scriptures however,Gods' will tends to reflect the moral outlook of the people who relate to others "his will".With so many varied and conflicting versions of "his will" and with much of it considered highly immoral and evil by large segments of the population but not by it's followers,the human races epithet in the future could very well be written on a plaque on a burnt out cinder of a destroyed world (ours).."It was Gods will"
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M*W: Many years ago I attempted to do just that, but I didn't get very far due to time constraints and returning to the States. I'm sure if we could read, write and speak Hebrew, the bible would be more authentic or at least more understandable than it has been through christian interpretation. Perhaps you could interpret some of the misunderstood passages for us.