Posted by sigismund on October 20, 2013, at 17:00:32
In reply to Re: gov't shutdown.... :(, posted by Dr. Bob on October 19, 2013, at 23:07:38
There are many cultures for which this has not been true, if I understand you correctly.......Hindus in particular.
I have a book, "Ka". I might read it.
If you asked a Hindu whether the stories surrounding this or that deity were the literal truth, I *imagine* he would think the question unsophisticated. But I don't know.
The monotheisms, OTOH, Pauline theology and fundamentalist Islam in particular...well yes, you are right about them.
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