I'm rather skeptical when it comes to claims like these. Everyone says the bible says different (contradictory) things. How does one determine which is true or not (and reading the bible doesn't help, as how do you determine which passages are metaphor, which are not, if any, and how do you interpret the metaphors)?
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03-12-2009, 02:20 AM #401"All humour has a foundation of truth."
- Costrin
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03-12-2009, 02:21 AM #402
Well, which category do you fall under?
If you are a hardcore Christian, then, as my previous post (more than) alluded to, absolutely, yes, you scare the shit out of me. But, if you are just a moderate or mild Christian, then there's a 15 to 35% chance that you won't/don't scare me.`
'Cause you can't handle me...
"A lie is a lie even if everyone believes it. The truth is the truth even if nobody believes it." - David Stevens
"That that is, is. That that is not, is not. Is that it? It is."
Veritatem dies aperit
Ride si sapis
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03-12-2009, 02:33 AM #403
I would say I'm HARD CORE.
But yet I'm also understanding. My beliefs are important to me and I believe my God can do anything. I pray. I'll admit it. I study my bible. I focus my life around Christ. It just makes me different. Makes me who I am. I have my faith and although I believe it's right, everyone has that ability to make a choice. I am not going to force it. I might encourage my beliefs, but being a jerk about is no way to get someone to agree with you. I respect others beliefs and even though I might not agree, I function fine with them. In many ways I try to be the meaning of loving your neighbor. I am intolerant of the beliefs that I feel are wrong yet I tolerate the people and I still respect the fact that they have a right to choose no matter how I disagree with it. All I can do is state my views, live my testimony, and pray for them. The fact that those people matter is why I don't typically bash their beliefs. My comments towards others should be more friendly. I shouldn't be attacking anyone. Christianity as I see it appears on the outside to be full of contradictions in how to treat people vs. how the world works. Yet I find from the inside that together they make perfect sense.
Do you think you catch my point of view?Last edited by Eagle; 03-13-2009 at 12:43 PM.
- Caleb
"I am what I need to be..."
"Nemo me impune lacessit - No one provokes me with impunity."
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03-12-2009, 02:37 AM #404
Hmm, you might be one of the good Christians, (they're incredibly rare, for I find that most Christians are inherently highly hypocritical, immoral a-holes who use Christianity as a way to gain social acceptance and approval).
So, yeah, I might not be scared of you.`
'Cause you can't handle me...
"A lie is a lie even if everyone believes it. The truth is the truth even if nobody believes it." - David Stevens
"That that is, is. That that is not, is not. Is that it? It is."
Veritatem dies aperit
Ride si sapis
Intelligentle sparkles
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03-12-2009, 02:40 AM #405
For me everything has to be taken in context and scripture needs to be interpreted by scripture. I believe in a literal translation. If it sounds figurative it is and vis versa. The main points in this case are rarely if ever disputed. because to misinterpreted them you have to go to such drastic extremes.
Metaphors, such as parables are interpreted right then and there by the person telling the story or the context they are told in. As far as prophesies I know what sounds literal and I take it at that. For the figurative parts I cross reference and besides that, I'll know what it means (if its not interpreted in the text) when it happens.
The Bible only says contradictory things when people misinterpret it.- Caleb
"I am what I need to be..."
"Nemo me impune lacessit - No one provokes me with impunity."
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03-12-2009, 02:42 AM #406- Caleb
"I am what I need to be..."
"Nemo me impune lacessit - No one provokes me with impunity."
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03-12-2009, 02:46 AM #407
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03-12-2009, 02:50 AM #408
Ohh always. That's why scripture interprets scripture. It's the one set thing we have regardless of our views. Though ultimately we still decide how we want to see things.
- Caleb
"I am what I need to be..."
"Nemo me impune lacessit - No one provokes me with impunity."
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03-12-2009, 02:52 AM #409
Ah, context. Another thing that everyone disagrees on. What is the correct context (and there's people who claim that everything in the bible can stand alone without context)?
I believe in a literal translation. If it sounds figurative it is and vis versa.
The main points in this case are rarely if ever disputed. because to misinterpreted them you have to go to such drastic extremes.
Metaphors, such as parables are interpreted right then and there by the person telling the story or the context they are told in.
As far as prophesies I know what sounds literal and I take it at that. For the figurative parts I cross reference and besides that, I'll know what it means (if its not interpreted in the text) when it happens.
The Bible only says contradictory things when people misinterpret it.[/QUOTE]
It seems very easy to misinterpret it.
On the other hand, I agree and respect this view. People are free to believe whatever they want, and I have no problem with it, as long as they don't try and force it upon others. Laisez-faire and all that."All humour has a foundation of truth."
- Costrin
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03-12-2009, 03:05 AM #410
As far as the metaphor goes for parables and the like, it's the author or speaker of that metaphor that is interpreting it.
For context I mean context of the text. Of the times is good, but it's not essential to the main points.
People are always going to screw things up one way or another. There is no set way. God's revelation is important to understand the bible to begin with. *My opinion.
So, what's literal to me and not I leave up to God. I make sure my thinking is right just like you might by comparing it to other sources and using logic. Beyond that it's beyond me.
Prophesies are always easier to see the meaning of after they happen. So thousands of people might disagree with me and that is their right, but everything is clearer in hindsight.
Is not everything easy to misinterpret? In fact in one way or another everything is misinterpreted.- Caleb
"I am what I need to be..."
"Nemo me impune lacessit - No one provokes me with impunity."