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HeraldOfGalactus Wrote: Nov 12, 2012 8:47 AM
Why wouldn't it be of much worth? Aren't you making more assumptions? Are you open to the possibility that maybe God had a different agenda or that maybe human beings didn't interpret it properly? The bible has been used to justify many different assumptions over the ages. I don't see how our assumptions today are any more logical than the assumptions of the past.
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RockinRickOwen Wrote: Nov 12, 2012 8:55 AM
I'm not following your reasoning here. I would certainly hope that God has a different agenda than human beings, and I assume that traditionally, humans haven't interpreted His word correctly. You're right in that it's been used to justify a lot of different and contradictory assumptions. But none of that has anything to do with whether or not the book itself is unchanging or not, inaccurate or not. One good rule of thumb is a solid distrust of elitism and "enlightenment." If an interpretation involves a lot of "gymnastics," it's probably wrong.
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HeraldOfGalactus Wrote: Nov 12, 2012 11:10 AM
Okay, I'm glad you concede that traditionally humanity's interpretation of God (and you could probably apply this to other religions outside of Christianity as well) has not always been correct. I think we can all agree for the most part how the bible READS. But I don't think we can all agree on what it MEANS. That's why there are thousands of different Christian denominations. They all can't be right, but they all can be wrong. The problem is most of those Christians aren't open to that possibility and I think that's an error that can have grave implications.
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