I am an orthodox Christian, ask me a question!

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What I claim is, a) the bible is not a scientific text, b) it is to be interpreted according to the tradition that the bible originates in, and that means you interpret it according to patristics, not according to chatpilot or anyone else's arbitrary opinion.

I need to educate myself in patristics in order to interpret, correctly, what the fuk it is this God of the bible is attempting to communicate?

So this Bible, inspired word of God meant for the salvation of all mankind cannot be understood correctly save for those who even know what the fuk patristics is and some long dead catholic dudes?

Wow. You really believe that?

Chatpilot's and my interpretations of "God's Word" are just as valid as yours and those long dead catholic dude's.

When I show someone a bible verse that tells you to pluck your eye out or cut your hand off if it offends you and they reply with "God didn't really literally mean that! He meant....yadda yadda yadda........ Beacuse why? Well, you know... those long dead catholic dudes said so."
I say No. It says pluck your eye out. It says cut your hand off. It says kill the blasphemer with your own hands.

The bible, like any other book, is "interpreted" by the reader. Any interpretation is just as valid as the next. Chatpilot's sig says it all.

A couple questions iffn' it's alright;

You think a personal God would inspire his words to be written to/for his special creation only to be correctly understood by a few catholics and then many years later only by those who research the writings of those dudes? If the bible were inspired to be written for the salvation of all mankind should it not be easily understood by all mankind?