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On Feb 4, 8:28=A0pm, Mark Goodge  wrote: > Some may well see a theological parallel there.

You mean, the Bible has a lot of bollocks in it which frequently contradicts itself, so people just pick and choose which bits are important and which are "symbolic" according to what they already believed, making it completely meaningless?

I'd agree with you there, which is why when people say "I think such- and-such because the Bible says it", I see it more as "I think such- and-such simply because my own prejudices tell me to".