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Htom Sirveaux

(1,242 posts) Tue Feb 4, 2014, 11:32 PM Feb 2014

In your opinion, whose interpretation of the Bible is more accurate? [View all]

EDIT: To clarify, what I mean is, "who better understands what the Bible is trying to say" not whether what the Bible is trying to say is true or not.

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	Fundamentalists
	1 (17%)
	Religious liberals
	5 (83%)
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In your opinion, whose interpretation of the Bible is more accurate? [View all] Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 OP

Well not all religious liberals agree on interpretation but I say liberals over fundamentalists. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #1

Are you asking whose interpretation of mythology is more likely true? immoderate Feb 2014 #2

Not quite. Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #3

What is the bible "trying to say?" So why does it say something else? immoderate Feb 2014 #6

The Bible is an inanimate object (or concept, if you prefer) skepticscott Feb 2014 #4

How do you define "accurate" in this case? mindwalker_i Feb 2014 #5

It like translation from a foreign language. Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #7

But since this stuff was written 2000 years ago mindwalker_i Feb 2014 #8

In that case, whose interpretation leads to better ethics? n/t Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #9

Ethics changes with time and society mindwalker_i Feb 2014 #10

True, but then the question becomes... Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #39

that is an entirely different question. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #20

So you and the fundamentalists do agree on something. Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #38

yes. and honest liberals would also agree. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #53

I disagree but we will just have to disagree. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #55

Who are these honest liberals who agree with fundamentalist interpretations? Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #56

again we are going to have a definitional problem. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #57

You are aware that through Christian history that the bible was not always taken literally on hrmjustin Feb 2014 #58

You are aware that there was is a history of Liberal Christianity, right? Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #65

Allegory and metaphor was around before the enlightenment. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #67

Sure. Not the point. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #68

I would agree for the most part that Rome tow the line for the most part hrmjustin Feb 2014 #69

If they didn't "tow" the line....they found out what was what! PassingFair Feb 2014 #72

The common-sense explanation is that liberals reject literalism Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #59

I cannot accept any of these premises Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #63

How do we decide who has better ethics? trotsky Feb 2014 #22

An excellent question. Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #40

Nope, not that we are aware of. n/t trotsky Feb 2014 #41

So from an ethical stand point, Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #43

What are the standard set of ethics that all Atheists and all YEC's share? Heddi Feb 2014 #46

Ok, how about this... Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #48

Is there an ethical difference? What does that have to do with YEC vs Atheist? Heddi Feb 2014 #49

What if one holds the religious belief that homosexuality angers god? trotsky Feb 2014 #60

Indeed, but Trotsky, how do you personally tell them they are wrong without an objective Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #62

Who has the objective moral standard, Htom? trotsky Feb 2014 #66

The thing of it is... Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #74

It's funny, you remind me of someone who used to post here. trotsky Feb 2014 #75

If objective morality doesn't exist, there's no such thing as moral progress. Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #76

No such thing as moral progress? How do you know that? trotsky Feb 2014 #79

I think that can be argued Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #42

I'd be interested to hear that argument Htom Sirveaux Feb 2014 #45

I have a shoddily recorded 75 minute video >_> Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #50

As mentioned above... Meshuga Feb 2014 #24

In the Beginning... DreamGypsy Feb 2014 #11

which edition exactly is the Russian-German one again? MisterP Feb 2014 #36

My own of course. Itchinjim Feb 2014 #12

I'm amazed it took 12 replies to get this answer Fumesucker Feb 2014 #13

This is like asking what is the "accurate" interpretation of Shakespeare's plays, or Moby Dick is... Humanist_Activist Feb 2014 #14

The question is, how do we know what "accuracy" in the bible is? Heddi Feb 2014 #15

What about an option for none of the above? Meshuga Feb 2014 #16

I dunno, which ones are the True Scotsmen? n/t trotsky Feb 2014 #17

That would be the Greater Scythians muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #29

Dang, and here I was hoping it was the ones who made their Scotch using real sherry barrels. trotsky Feb 2014 #61

Difficult to answer in a meaningful way. el_bryanto Feb 2014 #18

I think the most accurate is edhopper Feb 2014 #19

agreed..biblical archeology is my hobby reading madrchsod Feb 2014 #78

Mine is. And no one can prove me wrong. cleanhippie Feb 2014 #21

What separates a liberal (modernist) from a fundamentalist is not their conclusions... Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #23

Fundamentalists. Iggo Feb 2014 #25

My Own. nt jschurchin Feb 2014 #26

No one. The bible is used by people to support upaloopa Feb 2014 #27

We have a winner! n/t trotsky Feb 2014 #30

'The Bible' is a (slightly variable) collection of books written over several centuries muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #28

Selected 'pass'. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #31

Which version of the Bible? Half-Century Man Feb 2014 #32

You are not supposed to interpret the bible. So say it the church.......... wandy Feb 2014 #33

As others have said my own. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #34

Define please WovenGems Feb 2014 #35

That's a lot like saying the New Testament doesn't belong to Mormons Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #37

Bingo WovenGems Feb 2014 #80

Wow, that's a whole lotta ignorance concentrated in one little post. trotsky Feb 2014 #82

Yes, let's review, indeed Act_of_Reparation Feb 2014 #85

How can you ask "more accurate" when there is no baseline for what "accurate" is? Heddi Feb 2014 #44

Which copy of Harry Potter is more accurate? Beachwood Feb 2014 #47

Hey ... You forgot ... "The POPE" JoePhilly Feb 2014 #51

Nobody knows what the bible is trying to say. bravenak Feb 2014 #52

there are many sections that are rather unambiguous and completely ignored. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #54

Neither - it's "trying to say" many contradictory things... eomer Feb 2014 #64

There are a ton of nuances to this question LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #70

The interpretation of the Bible that has been the standard teaching of the Church Leontius Feb 2014 #71

If it's the interpretation of the Bible skepticscott Feb 2014 #73

Or the one that murdered heretics, imprisoned Galileo, and fought against Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #81

Neither. 2naSalit Feb 2014 #77

I think this is a classic example of people substituting an easier question. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #83

Accurate? cbayer Feb 2014 #84