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- From: dwjurkat@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Jurkat)
- Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,alt.atheism
- Subject: Re: Interpretation
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.124825.17780@newstand.syr.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 17:48:25 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.143234.6350@newstand.syr.edu> <1992Nov16.164411.7165@newstand.syr.edu> <1992Nov17.070949.6565@bnr.ca>
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- In article <1992Nov17.070949.6565@bnr.ca> bcash@crchh410.BNR.CA (Brian Cash) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov16.164411.7165@newstand.syr.edu>,
- >dwjurkat@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Jurkat) writes:
- >|>If the Bible or whatever religious text was supposed to be
- >|>interpreted differently from what the words literally sa wouldn't
- >|>the author(s) have included that vital fact in the book?
- >
- >No.
- >1) They were writting in a style that was appropriate for
- >the period. Anyone from that time should be able to understand
- >the authors' meanings.
- >2) Allegories, satire, and parables rely on the intelligence of
- >the reader to convey meaning. "Gulliver's Travels" didn't have
- >footnotes saying "OK, these guys represent the Tories".
- >
- >Brian /-|-\ (who would think that _I_ would defend the Bible!?! ;^)
-
- That's pretty weak minded. The Bible is claimed by their followers
- as an authoritative book, even the word of God. When claims like
- this are made it simply is not good enough to be so cavalier about
- the facts or author's meanings. Whereas with fiction this would
- be acceptable.
-