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Originally Posted by Textcritic
No! I approach the Scriptures as someone who is REALLY interested in how they can possibly be meaningful and relevant in a day and age that has expanded and changed so far beyond the time for which these texts were produced. If the Bible were "just another book" then I might approach it as you do and merely flatly demand from it some sort of arbitrary meaning. But it is NOT just another book—it is a very ancient and complicated collection of numerous books that will not simply conform to some benign impression of what you think it might mean.
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I applaud you for this approach, had my days in Catholic school been centered more around this kind of mindset I think I may have taken more of an interest.