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Originally Posted by Detector  Or they might just be someone that has been to church a time or two. The church has been teaching the meaning of the bible since pretty much the day it was transcribed. I think they have an idea what the writers intentions were.
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I've spent more time in church than most, my mother even went to bible school. Church was not a once a week event. I lived Christianity. You say the church has been teaching Christianity since day one, but fail to comment on the multitude of translations and denominations that have sprung up. Their intentions must have been crystal clear for that to happen.
The church teaches their version of what they think the intention was for whichever Hebrew writer they are speaking of. Some parts are more cut and dry than others but many discrepancies still remain. If someone is the type to go to church "a time or two" and believe they know about the Christian theology they might also be the type to believe everything they hear without any research into the matter. A well made decision for said person would be to understand the context of the Hebrew's writings, and what really coerced this Hebrew to say such things. Where did his beliefs come from? Are they truly his own?
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Originally Posted by Detector Oh you mean letting go of the beliefs like Thou shalt not kill and conventing thy neighbors wife nonsense? Yeah that bible garbage is so 2000 years ago.  |
Without the Bible no one would have any idea that killing another or cov
eting someone's wife is bad news. A case for the Bible isn't found there within. People have this tendency to think that every moral idea and story came from the Bible. These morals existed before the Bible, as anyone who has studied history knows full well. Biblical stories such as the Flood (and many more) were passed down by word of mouth from the Mesopotamians whom the Hebrews lived in close proximity to. Of course, one would have to study history to learn these things-and that's where we lose most everyone isn't it? Back to the subject at hand, intentions that is, I believe you must take an objective and holistic approach to Christian theology to begin to understand where these Hebrews are coming from.
Again we are back to the same question: Why do you believe the Bible is so special?