Editor’s Note: This letter is in response to the article “A Question of God, Part One: Why Does God Ask Questions?” by James Sales, published online.
Almost any serious student of the Bible understands that it is filled with literal and figurative examples. Why? For the most part, because the people of the era when these were written were mostly simple and uneducated, and that made it easier to understand complex and divine teachings. We still do this when using figurative examples or metaphors to make points that may be difficult to comprehend.
