Ah, great. You would present an interesting discussion right when I was about to go to sleep. No work this week but I have to travel quite a bit. So all I can do right now is acknowledge this post, bring up gnosticism (which spell-check doesn't care for, wtf?), add some yadda yaddas and tip my hat at the points you make. Also, point out that Jesus does speak of his Heavenly Father, and while I couldn't say if that had a metaphorical bent or not in the original texts, it is interpreted fairly literally by the mainstream branches of Christianity. (You did say 'interpretive,' so it appears I'm agreeing with your assessment.) Also, the Arian heresy...agh, it's late. Hat tip, hat tip, and goodnight.

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Posted by Prof

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Posted on 12/29/16 at 3:39 am to randomways

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Ah, great. You would present an interesting discussion right when I was about to go to sleep. No work this week but I have to travel quite a bit. So all I can do right now is acknowledge this post, bring up gnosticism (which spell-check doesn't care for, wtf?), add some yadda yaddas and tip my hat at the points you make. Also, point out that Jesus does speak of his Heavenly Father, and while I couldn't say if that had a metaphorical bent or not in the original texts, it is interpreted fairly literally by the mainstream branches of Christianity. (You did say 'interpretive,' so it appears I'm agreeing with your assessment.) Also, the Arian heresy...agh, it's late. Hat tip, hat tip, and goodnight.