RE: Why the "There are so many interpretations of the Bible" claim is confused
October 26, 2015 at 12:06 am
(October 25, 2015 at 11:56 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(October 25, 2015 at 10:27 pm)Delicate Wrote: I don't believe there are NO points of contention over core doctrine. I just think there are so few that when atheists harp on doctrinal diversity, they are talking about a far smaller pool of differences than they imagine.
I agree.... and it is similar to the claim that there are hundreds of thousands of variances in the scriptural manuscripts. The point that is trying to be made; falls apart when looked at in context. It's just a surface deception and doesn't have the meaning implied.
I have a friend, who converted to Greek Orthodoxy (I met him after). We have debated quite a bit and normally what is initially thought to be a large divide at first, we find that our views are fairly similar in the end.
I've had the same thing happen with a Catholic friend on the question of works and salvation, as well as sola scriptura. The views are almost identical when you look at what exactly the other person is saying.
