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In reply to the discussion: In your opinion, whose interpretation of the Bible is more accurate? [View all]Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)37. That's a lot like saying the New Testament doesn't belong to Mormons
Christianity began as a Jewish sect. The scripture Jesus allegedly fulfilled was established in the OT. Sounds to me like it belongs in the Christian Bible.
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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
Who are these honest liberals who agree with fundamentalist interpretations?
Htom Sirveaux
Feb 2014
#56
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
Indeed, but Trotsky, how do you personally tell them they are wrong without an objective
Htom Sirveaux
Feb 2014
#62
If objective morality doesn't exist, there's no such thing as moral progress.
Htom Sirveaux
Feb 2014
#76
This is like asking what is the "accurate" interpretation of Shakespeare's plays, or Moby Dick is...
Humanist_Activist
Feb 2014
#14
Dang, and here I was hoping it was the ones who made their Scotch using real sherry barrels.
trotsky
Feb 2014
#61
What separates a liberal (modernist) from a fundamentalist is not their conclusions...
Act_of_Reparation
Feb 2014
#23
'The Bible' is a (slightly variable) collection of books written over several centuries
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2014
#28
How can you ask "more accurate" when there is no baseline for what "accurate" is?
Heddi
Feb 2014
#44
there are many sections that are rather unambiguous and completely ignored.
Warren Stupidity
Feb 2014
#54
The interpretation of the Bible that has been the standard teaching of the Church
Leontius
Feb 2014
#71
Or the one that murdered heretics, imprisoned Galileo, and fought against
Warren Stupidity
Feb 2014
#81
I think this is a classic example of people substituting an easier question.
Donald Ian Rankin
Feb 2014
#83