RE: Has anyone ever found a way to reconsile being Gay/Bi/Lesbien and being a Christian?
February 17, 2013 at 12:14 am
(February 16, 2013 at 6:38 pm)Esquilax Wrote:Ah, no. Your questions all centered contextual content of the bible, and the Christians obligation to follow the bible. Ryan was trying to claim that everyone who reads the bible do so on equal footing. If I am not answering the question you think your asking the rephrase.(February 16, 2013 at 12:10 pm)Drich Wrote: My question is what makes you think that your (either one of you) interpretation of scripture (seeing as both of you do not believe in God) is on par with mine?
THAT HAS BEEN MY QUESTION TO YOU FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OH MY GOD!
You finally answered it too, which is something. However, an experienced apologist is still an apologist; you're still trying to convince us of god's intent by twisting the meaning of paragraphs that are laid out to us pretty bare. If you want to do that, you're going to need to demonstrate to us how you know what either the original author, or the divine inspiration behind it, really meant to say. Otherwise, why should your opinion count more than what's really there, because what's written down... is written down.
As far as separating myself further I have spent quit a bit of my studies, studying the Greek and Hebrew texts. At any point you want to take the scriptures back to the orginal Greek or Hebrew just ask. Otherwise the only time I plan to share the Greek or Hebrew text is to contest a popular English interpretation.