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What if Judas didn't do it?
RE: What if Judas didn't do it?
(April 1, 2023 at 4:04 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:
(April 1, 2023 at 3:14 pm)Ferrocyanide Wrote: I don’t know what exactly Neo-Scholastic and John 6IX believe. That is what I want to find out.

My views may not fall neatly into the literalist or non-literalist camp, but it all depends on where you draw the line. I did a quick search to see what the Adventist church falls under, and the first result said we have a historical/grammatical interpretation of the Bible in general. That seems to mean literalist in the traditional sense, not the fundamentalist sense.

I approach the Bible as narrative—and I don't think many Adventists would disagree with this. This is simply the mode of communication that the Bible undertakes. Where this perhaps becomes more interesting is when you explore the nature of narrative and borrow some insights from the cognitive sciences. For example, one of my favorite papers out there is The Narrative Construction of Reality by the psychologist Jerome Bruner.

Here is a great quote from that paper:

"Unlike the constructions generated by logical and scientific procedures that can be weeded out by falsification, narrative constructions can only achieve 'verisimilitude.' Narratives, then, are a version of reality whose acceptability is governed by convention and 'narrative necessity' rather than by empirical verification and logical requiredness, although ironically we have no compunction about calling stories true or false."

That word, verisimilitude, is perhaps the most important word I can use to describe the Bible. In other word, narrative isn't exactly true or false, but rather "truthlike."

I’m happy to agree that the Bible is truthlike, in much the same way that a tribute band is ‘not the real thing, but an incredible simulation’.

‘Truthiness’ might be closer, I think.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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What if Judas didn't do it? - by Fake Messiah - February 16, 2023 at 10:12 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 16, 2023 at 10:26 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 16, 2023 at 10:50 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 16, 2023 at 11:00 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 17, 2023 at 10:39 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by brewer - February 17, 2023 at 11:35 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 17, 2023 at 11:54 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by h4ym4n - February 17, 2023 at 12:24 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by arewethereyet - February 17, 2023 at 12:40 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 17, 2023 at 1:00 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 18, 2023 at 4:17 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 18, 2023 at 5:11 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - February 18, 2023 at 7:54 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 18, 2023 at 8:05 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - February 18, 2023 at 8:30 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 18, 2023 at 9:08 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - February 19, 2023 at 3:44 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 19, 2023 at 5:31 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - February 19, 2023 at 6:12 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 20, 2023 at 1:04 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Rev. Rye - February 20, 2023 at 9:58 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by arewethereyet - February 18, 2023 at 8:35 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by h4ym4n - February 19, 2023 at 6:42 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Anomalocaris - February 19, 2023 at 2:14 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by arewethereyet - February 19, 2023 at 7:11 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 20, 2023 at 4:45 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 20, 2023 at 4:15 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Rev. Rye - February 20, 2023 at 5:26 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - February 20, 2023 at 11:14 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - March 30, 2023 at 8:32 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - March 30, 2023 at 11:34 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - March 31, 2023 at 9:38 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - March 31, 2023 at 2:38 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - March 31, 2023 at 9:06 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - March 31, 2023 at 9:41 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - March 31, 2023 at 11:40 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - March 31, 2023 at 11:38 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - April 1, 2023 at 12:46 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 1, 2023 at 2:42 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - April 1, 2023 at 3:14 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - April 1, 2023 at 4:04 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 1, 2023 at 4:39 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Anomalocaris - April 2, 2023 at 12:12 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 1, 2023 at 7:58 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - April 1, 2023 at 9:13 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 2, 2023 at 6:54 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - April 2, 2023 at 11:27 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 2, 2023 at 7:28 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - April 2, 2023 at 8:31 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - April 3, 2023 at 11:18 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 3, 2023 at 11:43 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - April 4, 2023 at 12:43 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 4, 2023 at 1:47 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - April 10, 2023 at 8:40 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 10, 2023 at 8:45 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by h4ym4n - April 10, 2023 at 9:01 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 10, 2023 at 9:03 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by h4ym4n - April 10, 2023 at 9:10 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 10, 2023 at 9:20 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - April 10, 2023 at 9:07 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 10, 2023 at 9:18 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - April 10, 2023 at 10:41 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Valkyrie - April 10, 2023 at 10:50 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - April 11, 2023 at 10:09 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by arewethereyet - April 11, 2023 at 10:12 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Anomalocaris - April 11, 2023 at 12:51 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - April 2, 2023 at 8:06 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 2, 2023 at 8:14 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Mister Agenda - February 20, 2023 at 12:20 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by brewer - February 20, 2023 at 5:37 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 20, 2023 at 6:33 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Rev. Rye - February 20, 2023 at 9:32 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 21, 2023 at 1:52 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Pat Mustard - February 23, 2023 at 8:28 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 22, 2023 at 11:29 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 22, 2023 at 10:02 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Objectivist - February 23, 2023 at 1:28 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - February 23, 2023 at 2:01 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Objectivist - February 23, 2023 at 3:10 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - February 23, 2023 at 3:42 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 23, 2023 at 5:27 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Objectivist - February 23, 2023 at 9:56 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 23, 2023 at 7:00 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - February 23, 2023 at 7:49 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Objectivist - February 25, 2023 at 11:12 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - February 25, 2023 at 11:45 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Objectivist - February 25, 2023 at 11:57 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - February 26, 2023 at 12:03 am
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RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 27, 2023 at 12:09 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Objectivist - February 27, 2023 at 11:33 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Objectivist - February 24, 2023 at 1:11 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by brewer - February 23, 2023 at 7:20 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Objectivist - February 23, 2023 at 12:56 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 23, 2023 at 1:12 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Angrboda - February 23, 2023 at 4:16 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Pat Mustard - February 23, 2023 at 5:19 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Architect Of Fate - February 23, 2023 at 7:18 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 23, 2023 at 8:06 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Architect Of Fate - February 23, 2023 at 8:16 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 23, 2023 at 11:16 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Objectivist - February 24, 2023 at 1:51 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Objectivist - February 24, 2023 at 1:19 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 23, 2023 at 8:19 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 23, 2023 at 8:32 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 23, 2023 at 11:26 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 23, 2023 at 11:46 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 24, 2023 at 1:34 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Objectivist - February 25, 2023 at 10:14 pm
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RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Paleophyte - February 25, 2023 at 1:39 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Fake Messiah - February 27, 2023 at 4:41 am
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RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 27, 2023 at 12:20 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 27, 2023 at 12:27 am
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RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 27, 2023 at 3:05 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 27, 2023 at 3:33 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Angrboda - February 27, 2023 at 9:29 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - February 27, 2023 at 8:58 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 27, 2023 at 7:57 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Angrboda - February 27, 2023 at 9:00 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - February 27, 2023 at 9:03 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 27, 2023 at 8:37 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - February 27, 2023 at 9:02 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 27, 2023 at 9:44 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 27, 2023 at 9:56 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Angrboda - February 27, 2023 at 10:22 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 28, 2023 at 12:45 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 28, 2023 at 12:54 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Neo-Scholastic - February 28, 2023 at 5:51 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 28, 2023 at 1:00 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 28, 2023 at 1:01 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 28, 2023 at 1:24 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 28, 2023 at 1:26 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 28, 2023 at 1:27 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 28, 2023 at 1:34 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 28, 2023 at 1:41 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 28, 2023 at 1:46 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 28, 2023 at 1:48 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 28, 2023 at 1:50 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 28, 2023 at 1:57 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 28, 2023 at 5:26 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 28, 2023 at 5:29 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 28, 2023 at 5:40 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 28, 2023 at 6:10 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - February 28, 2023 at 7:14 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 28, 2023 at 9:10 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - February 28, 2023 at 6:20 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 2, 2023 at 4:02 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by HappySkeptic - March 2, 2023 at 4:17 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - March 2, 2023 at 5:02 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - March 2, 2023 at 5:54 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - March 30, 2023 at 9:24 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - March 31, 2023 at 10:28 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - March 31, 2023 at 8:56 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Angrboda - March 31, 2023 at 2:40 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - March 31, 2023 at 2:45 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - April 3, 2023 at 10:56 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 1, 2023 at 4:27 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Goosebump - April 1, 2023 at 6:00 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - April 1, 2023 at 6:45 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by arewethereyet - April 1, 2023 at 6:53 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - April 1, 2023 at 9:07 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - April 2, 2023 at 7:04 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by arewethereyet - April 2, 2023 at 12:20 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - April 2, 2023 at 12:36 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Anomalocaris - April 2, 2023 at 12:39 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - April 2, 2023 at 1:12 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Anomalocaris - April 2, 2023 at 2:57 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - April 2, 2023 at 3:16 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Anomalocaris - April 2, 2023 at 3:28 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 2, 2023 at 7:34 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Angrboda - April 2, 2023 at 4:59 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Valkyrie - April 2, 2023 at 6:10 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 2, 2023 at 7:42 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by John 6IX Breezy - April 2, 2023 at 9:18 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Silver - April 2, 2023 at 9:44 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 2, 2023 at 11:07 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Anomalocaris - April 3, 2023 at 9:30 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Belacqua - April 3, 2023 at 10:38 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - April 3, 2023 at 7:57 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2023 at 12:17 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2023 at 1:18 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2023 at 1:50 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 4, 2023 at 2:03 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2023 at 9:57 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Lek - April 9, 2023 at 10:30 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by arewethereyet - April 9, 2023 at 10:33 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Lek - April 9, 2023 at 10:50 pm
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Fake Messiah - April 10, 2023 at 1:14 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 10, 2023 at 2:52 am
RE: What if Judas didn't do it? - by Ferrocyanide - April 10, 2023 at 8:58 pm
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