Episode 26: Paul Copan - Is God a Vindictive Bully?
Bibleology
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Apocalypse and the Textual God
"You kind of invert principles of interpretation when you're dealing with apocalyptic because virtually everything is symbolic and you assume that something is symbolic unless you have strong reasons for taking it in a more literal way" "I'm concerned about ... we show God to be kind of a conversation partner like a human being," he says. 'There's more going on in these sorts of settings where you're pitting the textual God against demonic activity' I think that's dangerous a dangerous place to go sure, she adds.
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