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What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?

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What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?
November 17, 2019 at 6:32 pm (This post was last modified: November 17, 2019 at 6:34 pm by GrandizerII.)
(November 17, 2019 at 8:37 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: And the idiom 'four corners of the earth' arises from a belief in a flat earth.  But Revelation isn't known for its use idioms.  Seems strange (and kind of ad hoc) to excuse this particular verse as an idiom and nothing else.

Boru

How about the "four corners of the earth" are referring to the cardinal points, corresponding to the commonly characterized directions of the four winds?
(November 17, 2019 at 5:51 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(November 17, 2019 at 4:44 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Well, I don't know. We all get quite skillful in interpreting scripture when we want to prove something we already believed. 

Surely C.S. Lewis knew that you need an airplane to go to another country. Why would he put the entrance in the back of a wardrobe?


You understand the difference between God and C.S Lewis, I hope.

Boru

Reminder: God wasn't the author of Revelation.

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RE: What do invented saints tell us about Christianity? - by Grandizer - November 17, 2019 at 6:32 pm

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