(May 23, 2012 at 10:03 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: And yet we are the ones using our brains to dig deep into the meaning and significance of the documents that have shaped our world. We learn and grow from each other by comparing our thoughts and correcting one another. It's no different from comparing and advocating the work of different artists while discussing aesthetics.
Correcting each other, you say? But how is that possible? A huge problem in this discussion seems to be that no one is using the same bible. When the text is altered and you start debating minuscule points, isn't that quite futile? You are indeed to my eyes only comparing thoughts on the matter and analyzing, it all comes down to opinion. So who's right, the one who wants to take the text quite literally or the one who wants to analyze the thought behind it? You also mentioned artists and aesthetics, so is it all about taste and preferences? I'm sorry, but I cannot take this discussion any more seriously than two D&D:ers arguing whether 2.0 or 3.5 is the best edition.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
