(September 21, 2023 at 5:50 am)Data Wrote:(September 21, 2023 at 5:07 am)FrustratedFool Wrote: I've met serious Hebrew bible scholars who took Genesis literally and believed in a solid firmament.
I've met Hebrew scholars who were heavily influenced by silly traditions as well as Christians scholars who believe the Bible says the soul is mortal Ezekiel 18:4; Matthew 10:28. Scholars are idiots too. Religious scholars school in tradition, not facts. There is a difference between theology and Biblical study. Put simply (watch @Bucky Ball) theology is what the Bible might mean and Biblical is what the Bible actually says.
I'm having too much fun.
They were biblical scholars not theologians. Theologians tend to go with Genesis being a tribal origin myth, poetry or a the such like.
The bible doesn't say anything without interpretation.
But it doesn't matter. Both the bible and theology are false.
