Interpretation

Prizebeatz1

Prizebeatz1

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How many different ways could one interpret the scriptures? Does interpretation come from God or from man? Why does this make a difference? Is the literal translation the only one with merit? Why or why not? Who holds the power to declare which interpretation is most appropriate? Can one interpretation be more correct or more accurate than another? What evidence or support is available to suggest that an entity has the authority to determine which interpretation is valid and/or more valid than another? Who is interpreting the evidence or support that is being used to come up with the original interpretation? Does one interpretation have all the correct answers and if it doesn't, does that invalidate any of the viewpoints that do make sense? Does any one interpretation make perfect sense? What should we do if someone proposes an alternative interpretation that we know through discernment makes much more sense to us? Is it okay to continue believing one interpretation if we know there is a more accurate one available? What would prevent us from accepting a more true interpretation of the scriptures were it to be presented to us?
 
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Grosnick Marowbe

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Prizebeatz1 said:
How many different ways could one interpret the scriptures? Is the literal translation the only one with merit? Why or why not? Who holds the power to declare which interpretation is most appropriate? Can one interpretation be more correct or more accurate than another? What evidence or support is available to suggest that an entity has the authority to determine which interpretation is valid and/or more valid than another? Who is interpreting the evidence or support that is being used to come up with the original interpretation? Does one interpretation have all the correct answers and if it doesn't, does that invalidate any of the viewpoints that do make sense? Does any one interpretation make perfect sense? What should we do if someone proposes an alternative interpretation that we know through discernment makes much more sense to us? Is it okay to continue believing one interpretation if we know there is a more accurate one available? What would prevent us from accepting a more true interpretation of the scriptures were it to be presented to us?
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I suppose you're the one with the only true interpretation? Is that what you're leading up to? Why not
just cut to the chase?
 
chrysostom

chrysostom

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Grosnick Marowbe said:
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I suppose you're the one with the only true interpretation? Is that what you're leading up to? Why not
just cut to the chase?
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the first step is to acknowledge what you have is an interpretation
and
that it does not
mean just what it says
something we often hear here at tol
 
CherubRam

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Prizebeatz1 said:
How many different ways could one interpret the scriptures? Does interpretation from God or from man? Why does this make a difference? Is the literal translation the only one with merit? Why or why not? Who holds the power to declare which interpretation is most appropriate? Can one interpretation be more correct or more accurate than another? What evidence or support is available to suggest that an entity has the authority to determine which interpretation is valid and/or more valid than another? Who is interpreting the evidence or support that is being used to come up with the original interpretation? Does one interpretation have all the correct answers and if it doesn't, does that invalidate any of the viewpoints that do make sense? Does any one interpretation make perfect sense? What should we do if someone proposes an alternative interpretation that we know through discernment makes much more sense to us? Is it okay to continue believing one interpretation if we know there is a more accurate one available? What would prevent us from accepting a more true interpretation of the scriptures were it to be presented to us?
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Truth is made known by reason of the facts. A spirit of discernment is a very rare gift. Often the bible will interpret its self by stating what different things mean. People are often given over to vain imaginings because the truth is not in them. And that is why you see a multitude of errors being preached on any forum. If what a person says is based upon the bible, facts, and history, then perhaps it is true. What is it that you need to know?
 
OCTOBER23

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Jesus gave peter AND ALL THE APOSTLES the keys and the power to bind and loose.

BUT PETER STAYED IN JERUSALEM AND NEVER WENT TO ROME.
 
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Interplanner

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There's only one meaning for each proposition, otherwise everything means everything. There may be other places (passages) where another proposition is made or said to be true, but only one meaning in each one.

It might help to recall Dr. U. Middelmann's paragraph on 'the circumference of reality' here:

"By rejecting limits of modernity (subjectivism, narcissism) my perception stands in a system of coordinates (including the Bible, the vast experience of many people over many periods of time, a vast number of sources, etc)... All of these are controls on each other, so that together they provide me with a view of reality that is more accurate than any one of them or than my perception of any one of them alone."
--PRO-EXISTENCE, 1974. U. Middelmann was one of F. Schaeffer's sons in law.
 
Prizebeatz1

Prizebeatz1

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CherubRam said:
Truth is made known by reason of the facts. A spirit of discernment is a very rare gift. Often the bible will interpret its self by stating what different things mean. People are often given over to vain imaginings because the truth is not in them. And that is why you see a multitude of errors being preached on any forum. If what a person says is based upon the bible, facts, and history, then perhaps it is true. What is it that you need to know?
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I'm just wondering if there is more than one way to interpret the Bible then why wouldn't there be more than one possible meaning?
 
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