RE: Does the Bible Contradict Itself?
July 31, 2012 at 1:31 pm
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2012 at 1:37 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
In what way would a newspaper article be similar to a story of magic? They both have words? Granted. You really need to work on these analogies amigo.....
The true meaning of a story, as intended by the writer (and whatever that may be), is absolutely powerless in the face of the reader. Again, we are not having the same discussion.
Look, full stop. Until you can establish that there is a "true meaning" of this narrative than any appeals you make to it are completely and utterly meaningless. You are assuming what you hope to establish. In the interim, regardless of whether or not there is a "true meaning" there is a narrative. That exists, that is not in question. All of my comments on this narrative will be (and have been) about the narrative, and narratives in general, because as above, nothing has been established with regards to this "true meaning", and the story can stand as a story without one in the first place. I see no reasons to assume hidden meanings, and frankly, no benefit in shoehorning the narrative into them in the first place. Though obviously others disagree and have done so -repeatedly.
The true meaning of a story, as intended by the writer (and whatever that may be), is absolutely powerless in the face of the reader. Again, we are not having the same discussion.
Look, full stop. Until you can establish that there is a "true meaning" of this narrative than any appeals you make to it are completely and utterly meaningless. You are assuming what you hope to establish. In the interim, regardless of whether or not there is a "true meaning" there is a narrative. That exists, that is not in question. All of my comments on this narrative will be (and have been) about the narrative, and narratives in general, because as above, nothing has been established with regards to this "true meaning", and the story can stand as a story without one in the first place. I see no reasons to assume hidden meanings, and frankly, no benefit in shoehorning the narrative into them in the first place. Though obviously others disagree and have done so -repeatedly.
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