Personally I think people take the Bible far too literally.
The Bible is truth but the truth is expressed in metaphor. Even the explanations of the parables that Jesus gave to his disciples are metaphor. This is because you can't express truth in language, you can only point at truth. This is what Jesus did.
Then the Church came along and decided to twist Jesus' words into a system they could use to scare and control people.
Jesus spoke of God the Father as a metaphorical Father, a Father who provides for His children. It's a metaphor, because God is in all things and does indeed provide all things. But this God is not a Man, he is All Things, he is Oneness, the Infinite Creator. None of these things can be proven to another.
I think Jesus spoke truth and I believe he performed miracles. But I still think the Church is narrow minded and basically all their interpretations were incorrect. They intentionally misunderstood Jesus to create a dominance structure.
In this thread my explanation may sound similar to Hindu or Buddhism, but I assure you I am wholly Christian oriented. It just so happens that the Hindus and Buddhists also have discovered Truth.
"The Kingdom of God is within you."
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