![]() Many felt it violated God’s pronouncement in Genesis 3:16: “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing in pain you shall bring forth children.” If Julie and I ever have another child, would I dare get between her and an epidural needle? Not a chance. Origen later became a preeminent theologian of his age-and an advocate of figurative interpretation.Īnother example: In the mid-1800s, when anesthesia was first introduced for women in labor, there was an uproar. It’s a dangerous one.Ĭonsider: In the third century, the scholar Origen is said to have interpreted literally Matthew 19:12-“There are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven”-and castrated himself. To follow the Bible literally-at face value, at its word, according to its plain meaning-isn’t just a daunting proposition. What does “taking the Bible literally” mean? Jacobs explains: In The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, A. ![]() ![]() ![]() One way to determine the practical significance of ideas is to try practicing them. The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, by A. ![]()
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