[quote=Heroic]
Now, who said you couldn't believe that the gift of immortality wasn't granted to the first intelligent humans (Adam and Eve)? Who said you couldn't believe that they soiled their gift of immortality with their foolishness? And the rest just falls in line.Name one reason that you have to take it literally. And Jesus was not a metaphor because there are historical texts that confirm his existence.
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Jesus' existence as Christ. And the reason I have to believe it is because God's word tells us so! Why even bother being a Christian if everything in it is supposed to be something else??