HouseMD wrote: Nah, I'd rather just believe that you're a heretic. When you think your the only person that gets it, that generally makes you a crazy person.
I'm not a biblical literalist because that would be a ridiculous proposition to hold in the face of all that we know. I think you're a fool to believe that your time is God's time, or that, when passing down things to a primitive people, God would not use allegory to allow them to understand things that were beyond their comprehension at the time.
That's merely your opinion, and you are very entitled to own and express your opinion. Now labeling someone is different, especially when it comes to insulting others.
I will tell you one thing though, at some point in your life, if you do not believe God or his word (the King James Bible), you probably will not enter into heaven. To disbelieve the Bible is to call God a liar. It says so right in the Bible.
The people who believe the Bible are the ones going to heaven. The people who do not believe the Bible is the true Word of God are on the road to hell, unless at some point in the past they believe, or they believe it some time in the future. To deny the Bible is to deny Jesus and to deny God the Father.
Was there a literal Adam and Eve? Yes, their DNA was perfect and uncorrupted. As soon as they sinned, everything started to fall apart. Also keep in mind that evolution and the Big bang violate scientific rules which apostate Christians claim to value so highly. You can not get organization from chaos. Evolution violates the law of entropy, in that things go from a disorganized state to an orderly one. Entropy only runs from order to disorder. The Big Bang violates the rules of thermodynamics. A literal explosion of everything from nothing. That takes enormous faith to believe that. That is a religion unto itself. And if you believe that, there's no way you can believe the Bible story and God. It is one or the other.
See, most people think religion is about rules. And most religion is about rules. But Christianity is not about rules or practice. It is about faith in our Lord and Savior. Now are you going to tell me that I am crazy because I have great faith in our Lord, His Word, and I believe Him when He says He created the heavens and the earth in six literal days? Then you are the heretic and the apostate. I am the Christian. I am the one who believes God. You are the one who denies Him. I don't think things could be any clearer than that.