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myth interpreted -- myth read -- myth understood
We are all misunderstood.
The further you are from a subject, the less you understand -- the less you know.
All of us are really in the dark about the Bible.
The writers of the Old Testament, in particular, were pretty much in the dark about what they wrote about.
The transcribers through the ages were also.
The translators into Latin, English and other languages were also.
They had to communicate from their own beliefs.
This doesn't mean, however, that certain events did not happen.
We misread them and mis interpret them.
And then we mythologize them.
The myth then detracts from apparent actual events.
Remove the myth and you have actual human beings acting like actual human beings.
This is what we need to see -- we then learn how our Judeo-Christian traditions evolved and discover some pretty neat things.
posted by
Xeno-x
on May 3, 2004 at 8:10 AM
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Leaning towards agreeing with kooka
the world needs to believe it, I shutter to think of how the world would change if it were proven, no God for people to believe in, morals would be at battle replacing the religious wars.
posted by
EccentricShock
on May 2, 2004 at 5:06 PM
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what it is is
The Bible, as are the other religoius works, is human attempt at finding God.
There are seeds there of Truth, for I feel that all religions have been seeded with Truth.
IN fact, (I'll have to find the exact verse, I guess) in one of prophets is the statement "I speak to this people with a stammering tongue and halting lips, here a little, there a little" -- something like that, meaning that through all the dross that is the human perception of God, there are shards of light that show through.
It's the saying in the Jewish Talmud "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This go learn. The rest is but commentary."
We have some guidance -- it matters not whether it's from God -- it is a shaft of light -- a bit of guidance from someone more enlightened than that masses -- it speaks volumes by itself.
And it doesn't matter what religion -- this is the primary precept. We can write our own Bible with our lives and our experiences seeking how to "Do unto others".
posted by
Xeno-x
on May 2, 2004 at 1:53 PM
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Sometimes, when I read my Bible,
I sit back and just express my gratitude to God, for so much to think about. You have to admit kooka, the Bible if it does nothing else it triggers an active mind into many different directions. Be careful you might learn something.
posted by
Budmannomore
on May 2, 2004 at 10:00 AM
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Kooka, and that is your opinion.Faith is just that..wanting to believe and
wondering at the marvel of a new born baby or a seedling tuning into a masterful tree. Surley , a power greater than you and I has created such life..............."for poems were made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree."As to the bible reflecting the human nature of God with all its imperfections, you refer to the 2nd Being in the Holy Trinity, Jesus. and ,yes, he was human, because it was his destiny to suffer and die for mankind so that we could be saved.It is OUR RIGHT to believe as it is yours not to ............'nuf said!
posted by
write4u
on May 2, 2004 at 9:20 AM
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