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okasha

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23. Your original text also states, verbatim,

Reply to Plantaganet (Reply #22)

Thu Mar 21, 2013, 11:02 PM

Mar 2013

«No one can really, objectively declare their interpretation (of the Bible) superior to another.» Which is exactly what you have done.

Laws are RULES, too, and the US and UK both have extensive court systems whose business is to interpret them.

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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