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Originally Posted by Boblobla
That is a pretty slippery slope to travel down though. Just my interpretation. If the big man upstairs hated it enough to destroy two cities and turn anyone who watched him destroy those cities into pillars of salt I don't see him suddenly being okay with it.
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Neither do I, which is why I think that we need to be very careful when approaching the Bible as a collection of inspired scriptures. You make the assumption right away that everything recorded in the Bible happened exactly as it says it did. You furthermore suggest that anything contained in the Bible
must be construed as the "Word of God" simply by its inclusion therein.
I reject both premises.
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Originally Posted by Boblobla
That's fine, I didn't write the book, I was responding to how Text said it could be open to interpretation.
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I never said that the Bible could be "open to interpretation". I did, however say that an accurate and sensible interpretation of the Jewish and Christian scriptures recognizes that they are far too complicated, diverse, and problematic to be read "plainly". I most certainly believe that there is a right and a wrong way to read the biblical texts. If read incorrectly, or if they are inappropriately applied to present circumstances without careful consideration for the implications, then the Bible in many respects is a dangerous book. This is one of those instances.