Sunday I sat in on a SS class in which the topic of faith was discussed.
The talk centered around the faith that Noah must have had, etc.
About 20 well-educated, literate, upper middle class men & women. The
possibility that the flood was anything else than worldwide was never
mentioned; the story, as a literal reading, was taken for granted.
I kept silent, for several reasons. One was just to immerse myself in a
cultural discussion where a literal reading of the Bible was taken for
granted. It was illuminating.
I kept asking myself -- maybe it could all be literally true?
If it is not -- then what is the meaning of the discussion I am listening
to? Does it have any meaning at all? When the NT speaks of Noah's faith,
are those empty words?
I don't have any answers to this -- shoot, I don't even have any good
questions. This I do know -- a literal reading does seem to teach lessons
in faith that a non-literal reading does not even come close to. What
does this mean? Beats me.
Burgy
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