(June 17, 2015 at 8:29 am)Neimenovic Wrote:(June 17, 2015 at 8:12 am)whateverist Wrote: How about "she knows what God wants for .. (pregnant pause) .. IT IS WRITTEN."
What does that matter if she ignores half of what is written and makes up her own ideology anyway?
Tbh it's making shit up as you go either way, but if you claim to follow a religion and ignore its dogmas in favor of your own ideas, are you really following that religion? Incidentally I know dozens of religious people who do that....sorta defeats the purpose of associating yourself with the faith
This bothers me much less. How should one read a text? I'm all for allegorical reading of some texts. The trick is not forgetting how one has read it. Every insight gleaned is of an "as if" variety, meaning for personal consumption only.
