Was the Bible Meant to be Taken Literally? – Guy Consolmagno
Complete video at: fora.tv Astronomer, author and Jesuit brother Guy Consolmagno discusses the creationist theory of the origin of life, arguing that this theory rests on a literal interpretation of the bible that is not practical. —– Brother Guy Consolmagno discusses “God’s Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion.” With wry humor, Brother Guy Consolmagno shows how he not only believes in God but gives religion an honored place alongside science in his life. His book God’s Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion offers an engaging look at how – and why – scientists and those with technological leanings can hold profound, “unprovable” religious beliefs while working in highly empirical fields. Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno is a Jesuit brother with advanced degrees from MIT and the University of Arizona. A highly respected planetary scientist whose research focuses on meteorites, asteroids, and dwarf planets, Consolmagno is the author or co-author of numerous books and publications, including Brother Astronomer and Turn Left at Orion. He even has an asteroid named in his honor (4597 Consolmagno, known to its friends as “Little Guy”). He has served as chair of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society and is a past president of Commission 16 (Planets and Moons) of the International Astronomical Union – Grace Cathedral
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I guess you just has to say that since Jesus died on the cross for the sins of man , believing in god gives me a freebie to do anything anti law wise
@Killjeser Should we take the bible as litral truth how could we explain thou shalt not kill as opposed to Exodus28:12 ‘TYou must not allow a witch to live’
How would that do down with the local police and judicial system if we took a gun to the local wiccan population.
If he agrees that the bible is not to be taken literally then why does he and so many other believers believe what the bible says about Jesus? I think the Bible literalist are crazy but at least they do not pick and choose what is true and not true in the Bible. My wife thinks the Bible is flawed and written by man but believes the Jesus story. I ask her to explain how she can choose that part as truth but no answer. He mentions the Iliad & Oddsey as examples but no one claims they are true.
@IAMJESUSmovie where are you???? I wana worship you and wash your feet!
Does everyone know that the VATICAN, yes thast’s right , the bloody Vatican has been putting in millions of dollars into research on ASTRONOMY. why because they know the truth really nexists in science and are just another money making institution that will Again conceal the truth from you or use it to profit from you yet again you christian sheep will pour your money into your chuches delusional teachings. Wake up slave race, which is what we were designed for in the past and used again future
Jesus Christ as returned. I AM.
@Wanda4DecentValues The bible says to kill homosexuals in Leviticus and kill Non-believers in Luke, yet Thou shall not kill?
It has to make sense to be literal
WOW. An atom has NEVER been seen. And it will never be. Because the light particle is is too big to bounce off an atom. Yet from calculations science PROVED it existed, split it and blew up Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
pseudo-intellectual…
Ur kind of odd
same here
Have you ever read anything written by the Church Fathers of the first century, or Jewish interpretations which predated Christianity? If you have, then you’ll know that what you said is not true. In fact, biblical literalism is an emergent interpretation that had it’s beginnings in the mid 1800’s in America and didn’t fully take root until the early 1900’s.
yet another christain excuse to try and maintain christianities dominance on earth….why was it taken so literally back in the days it was written?…and now it is not.. because man has gotten smarter and things in the bible don’t make sense anymore..so ‘churches’ need to find alternative interpretations to follow with the changing times…so now they say the bible wasn’t meant to be literally taken. so I geuss God was just a riddle master and left the true meanings hidden in the text..yeah ok
If he thinks “The Odyssey” should be interpreted just like the bible… than why doesn’t he take “The Odyssey” seriously as well, along with the koran, hadith etc…
“Science describes, it doesn’t prove”
“i believe in absolute truth that creation…just as described in the bible”
By your logic…the bible describes therefore it doesn’t prove, however you believe in the bible therefore in your mind it proves.
As Hitchens has said “simply White Noise!”
The Bible should be taken literally in its entirety. However, this does not mean literalistically, which is different. Taking the Bible literally does mean taking it literally, as well as metaphorically, analogically, and some others that I can’t remember at the moment.
Isn’t not reading it literally just an excuse to continue believing?
I had the pleasure of watching his lecture when he came to Cornell University and talked to him briefly afterward. The Guy (no pun intended) is absolutely brilliant, plus he really knows his science (MIT grad).
love reading youtube comments everyone on it is an expert and knows everything about everything
just because the bible is 3000 years old does not make it fact.
It is contrived and hypocritical and is used to control and instill fear in the masses and very profitable way of selling a dream. The best MLC multi level company i have ever witnessed. fucking wake people wake up. g
od exists but not the way the assholes on earth represent god. they has bastersized the bible and its interpretaations, removed parts of it that would empower you.
this guy ios trying to compare the bile and einstien.
yeah right what a twat.
creationists are delusional fucking idiots,
Fantastic point. Aligns with lots of psychological studies on predictable irrationality. People who live with blinders, totally focused on their little world of personal experience, will interpret everything else through that lens.
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Typical of Bible critics – Genesis nor any other book in the Bible, never says the earth is flat.
Islam – 1
Chritian – 3 in 1, not 3 but 1, not 1 but 3 in 1, 1 in 3 and 3 in 1.
The choice is in your hand.
So, whether someone worships something they cannot define, I don’t care. Where I care is when they seek to make me worship it too. As Thomas Jefferson said, “Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, more than on our opinions in physics and geometry….The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”