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[Urist is dead tome]

The possibility that we are still on the "seventh" day I think is preposterous. The creation itself might have taken billions of years. Billions of years may have passed. I just think no way we're still on the "seventh" day

[Leafsnail]

So yeah, there's many varieties of Creationism, and only one accepted Scientific explanation. Now, if we take the view that Genesis was not literal (or at least, the people at the time had no idea what the concept of "Day" means to a timeless God), and it might've taken a long time instead of 7 days, where's the argument against that?

It's out of order, chronologically speaking?  I mean, you can see that looking at the fossil record.

Or, alternatively, with enough skilful manipulation, you can turn anything into a metaphor about anything else.

[Zrk2]

Yes:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory

[Leafsnail]

Memories of that overzealous English teacher who forced you to accept that every character, every scene, and every action had a deep inner meaning have led to widespread fear on the part of readers and viewers everywhere that every tale secretly contains some other story being told in subtext.

Yes!  Yes!!  This completely!

[Zrk2]

I showed it to my English teacher and he laughed and ignored it.

[Bauglir]

I showed it to my English teacher and he laughed and ignored it.

Either your English teacher is cool and already understands, or else he is like all of mine have been and yours will not be fun classes because he really does think Everyone Is Jesus In Purgatory.

[Siquo]

Well, that's a hard balance to find. Do you read everything at face value, or do you "read between the lines", and run the risk that you read more into the story than was actually intended? In the first case, you miss out on a lot, in the second, you get a lot more than you might've bargained for.

But I can be reasonably sure that "Jesus" is an allegory for "Jesus" in the bible.

[optimumtact]

Well, that's a hard balance to find. Do you read everything at face value, or do you "read between the lines", and run the risk that you read more into the story than was actually intended? In the first case, you miss out on a lot, in the second, you get a lot more than you might've bargained for.

But I can be reasonably sure that "Jesus" is an allegory for "Jesus" in the bible.

Actually there is (oo er) a thought, what could you possible read into something like jesus, is it possible to find some other meaning in Jesus?

[Siquo]

Well, there's people who think he's actually a Part of God. I don't.

[optimumtact]

Well, there's people who think he's actually a Part of God. I don't.

Woah, isn't that a central tenet of Catholic faith? That God, Jesus and The Holy spirit are separate but also the same?? It's interesting, I've never encountered someone with your view before

[Siquo]

Woah, isn't that a central tenet of Catholic faith? That God, Jesus and The Holy spirit are separate but also the same?? It's interesting, I've never encountered someone with your view before

Yeah, but I'm no catholic. The whole Jesus-is-God trinity thing was created more than 300 years after he died, and there's still a lot of non-trinitarians out there.

[Max White]

But I can be reasonably sure that "Jesus" is an allegory for "Jesus" in the bible.

That is debatable. Almost as much as saying 'god is an allegory for 'god'.

[Siquo]

Perhaps it's just a collection of funny memes and the original bible was just a big book of really good inside jokes, like a paper tvtropes.

[Max White]

It is possible.

[Siquo]

More along the lines of this