(October 17, 2018 at 8:13 am)SteveII Wrote: I'm just saying that your "Bible Study" is really "let's just read it".
Exactly what so many Christians do.
Quote:Hermeneutics, textual criticism, exegesis be damned!
That's not what I ever said!
Quote:No wonder there is such a disconnect between what most atheists think Christians believe and what they actually believe. I have to thank you for making that clear to me.
Dude, I used to be an Evangelical Christian. I know a lot of Evangelical (and Protestant) Christians IRL. I know very well how they interpret Genesis. This is NOT an atheist thing.
And actually, I never ever argued I was against allegorical interpretations as being reasonable. This is just you mischaracterizing my position in order to serve your "atheists can't know anything about the bible if they disagree with me" narrative.
Quote:You didn't even discuss who might have written it and when.
It's a Bible study thread, that's all. Have you not ever been to a Bible study before?
Quote:How can you come to any conclusions whatsoever as to the meaning--BECAUSE in 100% of all cases of something written, the meaning the author intended and the context he which it was written is the most two most important pieces of the puzzle.
Exactly. How do allegorical interpretations account for that exactly? And what rules out literal interpretations of Genesis then? Don't say because Genesis 1 is poetry/hymn, it must therefore be allegory ... because that is terrible exegesis. Since you want a debate instead of just a fun relaxing Bible study thread, let's hear what you have to say.
