The Big Question, is the Bible Literal or Symbolic?

So why does this matter? Well, the way you read the Bible shapes the entirety of your Faith. There are Christians that dabble in things that are considered sin but they believe in it and it's stemming from the way they interpret it.

I won't judge Charlie Kirk because the word of God says judge not, right. However the famous statement he made regarding gun violence got be thinking about how that aligns in anyway with God's words.

Charlie Kirk said,

“I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God given rights.”

You could agree with him when you read about how in God's anger, he killed a lot of people and you can disagree with him by bringing up the law of not murdering. God values life very highly. Jesus Christ teaches peace, love and turning the other cheek in Matthew chapter 5. So choosing to accept deaths for a law does not clearly match these teachings does it? So in a way, his quote does not fully align with God’s word.

How you read the Bible doesn't just shape your faith but also your scientific views and even your politics.

One thing I realized amongst some of the great scientists that existed centuries ago is that they deal on facts of nature and when they get to a point where they don't understand, they attribute it to the mystery of God.

Isaac Newton discovered gravity and the laws of motion but when he could not explain why the universe existed or why God made it, he said it was a work of God’s design and called it a mystery of God.

Galileo Galilei studied planets and stars using a telescope. He explained their movements entirely with science, but he believed God created the universe and left some things as divine mysteries beyond human understanding.

I've also realized that literal readers most of the times clash with modern science. If you take evolution or the age of the earth, you're entering a rabbit hole of confusion.

The symbolic readers accept science way more but they are the ones who mostly get accused of watering down God’s word and accused of not really believing in the true power of God.

This debate seems endless to me and the only reason I can think of is that there's still so many unanswered questions in both science and religion.

The debate continues in churches, schools, and families. There really isn't a simple answer or a one size fits all answer. I think both sides want to honor God as responsible for creation but they disagree on how to understand the Bible.

I choose not to trouble myself too much with questions even the smartest minds of today can't answer. To make it easier for me, I see the Bible as a message of love, faith and hope.

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