Allegory versus literalism.

[hrmjustin]

Interfaith post.


As a believer there are things in the bible that I take literally such as the life, work, miricles, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. I find many of the early stories of the Old Testiment to be allegorical. Interesting few threads in the religion room on whether certain biblical stories actually happened or not got my curiousity going here.

My question for other believers here ie how do you determine what you think is literal or allegorical in your faith?

For me it Scripture, tradition, and human reason. For me it is what makes sense to me and what stories are more important to me.