Christians Endorse God's Hatred

[Esquilax]

No excuses, understanding. Things that appear on first blush to be illogical make sense when considered more deeply. It is like this: you walk into a dark room and you think there is a snake in the corner. When you turn on the light you see that it was a coiled rope. If you let in the light of God's truth it will enlighten your understanding of the text.

So the next question, logically speaking, is how do you know the interpretation that you've convinced yourself of reflects the intention of god? I suspect you'll say that you're just enlightened as to what god wants by way of personal experience, but that's the same thing as saying "I've convinced myself that this is true, and then I choose to ignore that it was me doing the convincing."

The stuff that happens inside your head isn't necessarily true just because you tell yourself someone else put it there.