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How can the Bible be true if we know snakes and donkeys don’t talk?

September 18, 2012 By Peter Krol

Robin Schumacher at the Christian Post just posted a great article entitled “Talking Snakes, Donkeys, and Believing the Bible.”

In his article, he discusses how to read the Bible as literature.  Then he goes on to discuss the implications on stories like talking snakes (Genesis 3) and talking donkeys (Numbers 22-24).  Can the Bible be true when we know such animals don’t talk in real life?

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  1. Jake Swink says

    October 30, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    This was a great article! I shared with some members of my bible study and they loved it! Thanks for posting this!

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