"I have a degree in literary theory; I know well how extraordinarily easy it is to tease alternate meanings out of text if one wants to, or to find meanings that suit one's preconceived notions. "
[NODS & GRINS] ...And I'm a guy who stills considers himself an Evangelical, despite having completely reversed his understanding of various bits of the Bible from (a) the mainstream Evangelical view and (b) the view he himself held when he first took up that label. =:o}
Yep. Biblical interpretation is a minefield. And that's something most of the teachers at *every variety* of church I've been in have been at pains to point out, while firmly stating what their specific view was, detailing why they thought it was right, and even (on occasion), opining on just how mad those other people down the road must be to believe *their* crazy version... =:o?
(Edited to removed the bit where I had capslock on [BLUSH])
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Date: 2011-08-13 03:29 pm (UTC)[NODS & GRINS] ...And I'm a guy who stills considers himself an Evangelical, despite having completely reversed his understanding of various bits of the Bible from (a) the mainstream Evangelical view and (b) the view he himself held when he first took up that label. =:o}
Yep. Biblical interpretation is a minefield. And that's something most of the teachers at *every variety* of church I've been in have been at pains to point out, while firmly stating what their specific view was, detailing why they thought it was right, and even (on occasion), opining on just how mad those other people down the road must be to believe *their* crazy version... =:o?
(Edited to removed the bit where I had capslock on [BLUSH])