Asigna wrote:THE BIBLE IS A METAPHOR.
No really.
It has been a wonder to me if many people have greatly misinterpreted the words of the bible especially about the concepts. Over the time i had experienced with Jesuits, read countless of bible studies and had heard from our religion class, and after mixing it all together excluding the mainstream bible interpretations heard at mass, particular things are misinterpreted mostly by church traditions.
The concept of afterlife - The kingdom of god, as it is said is a state in which a person becomes self fulfilled but in a good way and this fulfillment can only be attained after doing good actions to one another. In this state, we find true self satisfaction and true happiness but however, this "kingdom" is rather not a place but rather a state of true happiness that exists in this physical world.
Hell on the other hand is a state of a separation from this happiness and the state of evil reigning truly over your life depriving you from the true happiness in which you really need. The "fires of hell" rather is the anger that, rage and hatred that exists in a person. This "fire of hell", if it exists in one person will likely make another person suffer and is rooted because of sin. If there was no sin, then there is nothing to be angry about.
The story of creation - In my opinion forgive me all creationist), the story of the creation of the world is rather not a fact, rather a story of what caused man to have such a crap-sack lifestyle in the first place. The true essence of the creation story is that god created that world (in reality, it was created through the big bang) and that man was called to do good by god as soon as they were created but man, whom in turn, tempted by the serpent (which is a metaphor for selfish desires and evil of men), wanted to be more than god so he ate the fruit of knowledge (this is a metaphor for science, in which now we are trying to use to exalt ourselves as men glorious over the earth and at the same time trying to deny god's existence with it). So man, whom tried to be independent from god's arms in the search for the path of god hood seeked their own way which is 'human'. And inside that human nature is suffering. Something humanity would not have seen if they chose to follow god's way. Man chose the way of his self through sin. That sin, is an action which defies god. Treason to god on layman's terms or an act of human rebellion.
7 deadly sins The 7 deadly sins do not immediately lead to condemnation rather, they are the sins that are "deadly" because they can cause greater trouble. (E.G. Lust is not a sin that can bring you to hell but rather it can distort your perception of life by letting you see people as objects of desire ultimately making you treat a person as if he/she were a sex doll that has no dignity and purpose other than to give you those lovely sensations and anger is not a sin in itself rather it can lead you to do even deadly things like wrath flipping you out of control making you kill somebody else).
Homosexuality The bible does not condemn homosexuals in itself (we all know that). They condemn "homosexual acts". While these homosexual acts remain vaguely described, these acts are in fact the meaningless sex that happens between two gays or lesbians that has no biological purpose whatsoever rather than to bring pleasure. But aside from the sex, anything else is okay. That will not stop homosexuals from loving with one another as a couple because that love is a good thing. All love is good. But Homosexuals are called to love yet called to be purely out of the domain of sex, something very hard to do. There is either a clean and healthy homosexual relationship in which, is clean and has no sex and just pure love or the other "dirty" one in which, there is sex. But because the early church did not know what the homosexual acts mean, they decided to ban all kinds of homosexual activity whether be it love or mere sex denouncing them all as 'Sodomy' just to be sure.
The 10 commandments One of the ten commandments mention "do not use the lord's name in vain". This is not literal, rather, the fact that certain people claim to be "holier than thou" using god's name to condemn someone who is actually more innocent or using god's name to put someone down. Or using god's name for evil purposes (Al Qaeda, who seeks world domination by using god's name as a pretense to killing someone for the sake of their own twisted agendas) is using a real demonstration of how god's name can be used in vain.
In the past we recall the pope being a dictator of Europe rather than a mere head of the church and the catholic church stealing money from the people while telling the people "that god demanded the money".
What happens after death - The revelation reveals if one has lived a meaningful life then one will be one with a place that "has no sorrow nor pain nor sadness but happiness". Could it be that one will transcend into a state of utter perfection where one can no longer do any mistakes? By saying so, the only way it is possible is the soul of that person to become one with god. By being one with god, who is all good and happy, that is heaven. Who knows? That is my perception on the words of the bible.
That will be about it of my perceptions of the bible. What do you think about this? It all makes sense for me.
You don't understand the God!First,watch at Science documentary and you will know why God say that!
