Here's a prime example of biblical literalism:
Romans 11:25-27
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this [is] my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
As an Israeli, I can take this literally...to mean exactly what it says. Those who might wish to argue the timeframe of that prophecy in relation to us today, as if this has already been fulfilled, well, such a one has a very hard road to go on this one to ever convince not only myself, but many other of my Israeli brothers and sisters in the faith who have studied the scriptures for many decades, and have spent considerable time in relationship with the One who inspired its writing. (1 John 2:27)
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MM..........it has been my observation and study that the many different kinds of "religiose groups"/Cults have come from the purposefully manipulation of the Bible. Instead of just accepting what the Word of God says.....they have made it say what they want their followers to believe it says.
Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons, 7th Day Adventists are good people but have been seriousely mislead by their leaders.
A text of Scripture is quoted primarily as a device to grasp the attention of readers or listeners and then followed by a teaching which is so nonbiblical that it would appear far more dubious to most people had it not been preceded by a reference to Scripture.
Example:
Mormon missionaries quote James 1:5 which promises God’s wisdom to those who ask him and, then, follow this by explaining that when Joseph Smith did this he was given a revelation from which he concluded that God the Father has a body.
Example:
JW, Alan Watts quotes the first half of John 5:39 (“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life”), claiming that Jesus was challenging His listeners’ over emphasis of the Old Testament, but the remainder of the immediate context reads, “and it is they that bear witness to me; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life” (verses 39-40), which shows that Jesus was upholding the value of the Old Testament as a testimony to Himself.
Example:
Mary Baker Eddy says the name Adam consist of two syllables, A DAM, which means an obstruction, in which case, Adam signifies “the obstacle which the serpent, sin, would impose between man and his Creator.”
Example :
Mary Baker Eddy interprets EVENING as “mistiness of mortal thought; weariness of mortal mind; obscured views; peace and rest.”
Example:
The Mormon theologian James Talmage interprets the prophesy that “thou shalt be brought down and speak out of the ground” to mean that God’s Word would come to people from the Book of Mormon which was taken out of the ground at the hill of Cumorah.
Example:
The Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that blood transfusion is nonbiblical, but the biblical data that they cite fails either to speak directly to the issue or to adequately substantiate their teaching.
Example:
The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi interprets “Be still, and know that I am God” as meaning that each person should meditate and come to the realization that he is essentially Godhood itself.
Which by the way is exactly what Benny Hinn said as well on "TBN TV network on Dec. 1, 1990".............
"Although we are not Almighty God Himself, nevertheless we are now divine"!!!!