Originally Posted by
jimmytango
It's not literal. At all. Plus, for a lot of it, you need to read Ezekiel and Daniel to get the symbolism and references. Avoid KJV, because it's been found to be a very unreliable translation.
On second thought, i'm not gonna get into this.
yeah i was worried i would start a prolonged religon convo, just lemme give my perspective
i was born and raised mexican catholic, but in a very big, loving and open-minded family. half of my cousins are gay and/or Buddhist, for example.
personally i feel all religions have value, relevance and substance, and that they're all really just different ways of doing the same thing. spiritually im most aligned with eastern faiths. also i realize that faith and spirituality are not empirical pursuits and its completely a choice to believe in it or not
god is the sum of all energy and mass in the universe