(July 21, 2009 at 3:17 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: If there was actually a method for assessing Scriptures, and that method were consistent, would we not expect consistent interpretations/answers? Somehow I think I would expect that.
Only if everyone assessing Scriptures used that same method in consistently the same ways. But there is not just one method for assessing Scriptures. You get different interpretations because some people use different methods of interpretation, and some people use the same method but in different ways (approaching the task with different presuppositions, e.g., source of authority), etc.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
