Do you think that the original authors of the Bible were Biblical literalists?

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Ekendil

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JP That does not answer the question

To those who avoid answering the question:
AAARggh! I know who the authors were and I know that YOU think the Bible is the "word of God"!! That is not the question! The question is did they interpret what they wrote literally? Did they want it to be interpreted literally?
 
Of which Testament do you speak? Old or New?

In any case, I think the authors of the books of the Bible were writing about events as they remembered them or as they were told by witnesses to the events.
 
Well they were a collection of people spread over hundreds of years .Not sure what you mean by literalists ,, The early writers were not to know what would come afterwards .. Most of it is just a selection of fables and fairy stories anyway
 
Bible Literalists?

As JP said “God is the author. Men wrote inspired by God”.
That they faithful wrote down the message they were given I would never call into question.
That mankind down the ages has not maintained a correct understanding of what was originally penned is evident by all the different branches of Christianity we see in the world around us.
Even to the extent that communities have made the teachings of their own religious leaders of more importance than the message of the Old and New Testament.

I hope this answer meets your expectations in some small part.
 
some were!
but jesus condemnd the chief priests for making people transgressors for a single word.
which speaks volumes unwritten and written about false judges in all religious sects

another thing is when you read the new testament you find the apostles talking about old prophecies and when you read the old prophecies you cannot deny there is some reading between the lines.

then again when i read the old testament in several places, there is no doubt there are mission parts in large amounts that have been deleted from the original text.

i.e especially when it comes to the book of genesis, the gap theory and the trial and judgment of Lott and his daughters.
 
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