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In reply to the discussion: Reconciling faith and science. [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)13. The modifier "figuratively" refers to the expression "lit the spark".
Thus my use of the expression lit the spark is a figurative one.
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Religion doesn't conflict with other human areas of endeavour when it takes care not to.
Girard442
Apr 2018
#5
But did a literal Creator figuratively light the spark, or was it a figurative Creator?
marylandblue
Apr 2018
#56
It was the response to you, and if answered it other than by reasserting faith
marylandblue
Apr 2018
#102
So if the concept of slavery helps me in life, that's ok for me and my slaves?
marylandblue
Apr 2018
#61
Nothing like getting your moral code from an instruction book for selling your kids into slavery
Major Nikon
Apr 2018
#62
The question is: Does religion concern itself with the physical cosmos?
Act_of_Reparation
Apr 2018
#69