(August 31, 2014 at 12:53 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:(August 31, 2014 at 11:42 am)Chad32 Wrote: I guess the general rule is that if it sounds ridiculous or evil when taken literally, it's not really meant to be taken literally. Despite the fact that the most devoutly extremist followers will take it literally because that's just how they roll.
So, basically, let's approach the subject as simple-mindedly as the most extreme fundamentalists so that we can point our fingers at everyone who is not a fundamentalist and laugh because we think they're being simple-minded.
I think it's more that, given the sheer number of different and mutually exclusive interpretations, and in the absence of any source that clarifies the true intent of the text, the only truly reliable thing that we have is the words on the page. If it's metaphorical language, how would we know? And further, how would we know which metaphor we're supposed to apply?
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