Kingpin Wrote:Quote:I understand that, but one statement I've learned to be irrevocably true is: "intent is prior to content".
My intent on first reading the KJV Bible was to learn more about God and become closer to him. My intent on reading the Bible again in a Modern English version was to salvage my faith in hopes that the King's English had confused me somehow. The resulting content differed greatly from my intent.
On the face of it, it is not 'irrevocably' true. It is, however, a cheap way to evade difficulties presented to you by other people by appealing to their motive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_motive
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
