(June 16, 2024 at 10:44 pm)Belacqua Wrote: The books that became the Old Testament were still floating around independently. It made sense then (as it makes sense now) to think about the purpose of each one, and its intended audience, and apply the hermeneutic approach that's appropriate.
This is complete bullshit, because it completely disregards how and why the books of the buybull were selected. The early church fathers put together a book that pushed a particular agenda, discarding many texts that didn't agree with their particular vision along the way. We still have evidence of these writings today, from scraps, to fragments, to complete, to prove the point. Hell, there are even variants of the buybull with differing contents.
As with so many other topics, @Belacqua is ignorant of easily researched facts. of course, the little coward has me on his ignore list because I'm among those who wreck his echo chamber and/or make points he can't counter, but that's his cross to bear.
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