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18. Are you saying that the interpretation of the Bible

Thu Mar 21, 2013, 09:05 PM

Mar 2013

doesn't depend one teeny little bit on whether the "god" described as the creator of the whole universe exists or not, and whether the Bible was inspired by them? Sorry, but that's just silly. It's the difference between (among other things), the book of Genesis being actual history or myth. And the difference between the moral principles laid out in the Bible needing to be interpreted in the context of place and time in human culture and history, or in the context of being the accurately recorded dictates of an immortal, omnipotent deity.

It's silly with Hamlet too, for that matter. Obviously you interpret and critique a story differently if it's pure fiction than if it's partly derived from historical fact.

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Don't Blame It on the Bible [View all] cbayer Mar 2013 OP

Whitewashing. n/t Plantaganet Mar 2013 #1

Not sure what you are saying. cbayer Mar 2013 #2

I'm saying that the Bible unequivocally condemns homosexuality. Plantaganet Mar 2013 #3

Seems like you are dismissing some pretty hefty arguments too easily. cbayer Mar 2013 #4

Plagiarism is regrettable - Plantaganet Mar 2013 #7

The only ptoblem with this quote okasha Mar 2013 #8

Using the word "twaddle" twice definitely solidifies your argument. Well done. Plantaganet Mar 2013 #9

Admittedly, it's concise, okasha Mar 2013 #13

Like Shakespeare? Plantaganet Mar 2013 #14

Either interpretation can be supported okasha Mar 2013 #16

You misunderstand. Plantaganet Mar 2013 #20

Allow me to clarify. okasha Mar 2013 #21

I can. Plantaganet Mar 2013 #22

Your original text also states, verbatim, okasha Mar 2013 #23

Try reading the entire post again. A few times. n/t Plantaganet Mar 2013 #24

Already done. okasha Mar 2013 #26

I disagree with your claim Meshuga Mar 2013 #25

That argument only holds skepticscott Mar 2013 #15

Actually, your point is irrelevant okasha Mar 2013 #17

Are you saying that the interpretation of the Bible skepticscott Mar 2013 #18

The article posted in the OP okasha Mar 2013 #19

You didn't really answer the question skepticscott Mar 2013 #27

In textual criticism, okasha Mar 2013 #28

The argument from the article is not to say the bible is a good book Meshuga Mar 2013 #10

Excellent post. You said it so much better than I could. cbayer Mar 2013 #12

I don't see that the argument is being made that the bible is necessarily a good book. cbayer Mar 2013 #11

Pretty interesting. PETRUS Mar 2013 #5

I thought it was interesting as well. cbayer Mar 2013 #6