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Title: Dishonest
Review: Mr. Harpur clearly doesn't believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible and that's ok because neither do I. But to imply that the stories in the Bible were written as a kind of collection of "myths" which nevertheless contain wonderful lessons we can learn from is absurd. Why then all the admonishments in the New Testament like "this is written so that you shall believe"? You are very, very wrong Mr. Harpur. Most of the Bible was meant to be taken VERY literally. Problem is that a literal reading of the Bible is incompatible with a modern worldview, so Mr. Harpur like other liberal theologians has to envelope himself in a theology which is little more than conjecture and personal opinion.
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