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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I think that this begs the question of method, and how to ensure that one's hermeneutics are to be weighed with regards to correctness and functionality. The problem that I have with this extremely general statement is that much of the Christian religion is founded upon precepts and interpretations of scriptures that are clearly in contravention of your own good advice. When examining the New Testament as a means to supply meaning to the Old Testament, one encounters many instances in which the founders of the religion and the earliest Christian interpreters didn't concern themselves AT ALL with "how their interpretation stands up to the rest of the passage or theme of the Bible".
Quite to the contrary, I think that you will find that attempting to isolate a "good" exegetical method in a confessional landscape is a fool's errand. In actual fact, scripture and the church survive in large part on the creativity of their own self-perception and interpretative conventions. Scripture remains relevant and useful only in a context in which it is extremely malleable, and subject to an infinitude of meanings.
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Thank you for educating me on my ignorance
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Where is this "a common theme in the Bible"?
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Poor choice of words on my part. The God of my understanding is about forgiveness, love for his people and the willingness to help the sinner. I see none of that from the Westbro church except judgement and hate.