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Bush and his religion?
In article z5EEc.5646$Oq2.4896@attbi_s52, John Watson wrote:
"Bill Oliver" wrote in message ... My falsehood? It's a biblical quote that I have no interest in altering, editing or lying about. It's in the bible (God's reveled word) which seems to mean something different to each Protestant Christian cult depending on their agenda. If we can keep this discussion civil we won't bore the readers to death. A parable is just a story used to illustrate a lesson. It conveys its meaning by using a comparison analogy. Jesus used a parable to order his minions to murder the Jews. The results have been horrible, bloodthirsty, beyond the wildest imagination. Good. At least you are at the point where you recognize that it was just a story, and that Jesus, in his allegory was not speaking literally. Nice first step. So, let's look at your fanciful interpretation of this. Since you claim that your interpretation represents Christian thought, and what Jesus "really" meant (an odd claim for someone who doesn't actually believe that he said anything at all), then you should have no problem showing that your interpretation of this allegorical tale does, in fact, represent the thinking as you claim. Please feel free to show any modern mainstream theologian who agrees with your interpretation. After all, it doesn't matter what *you* believe it means -- since you are pretending that it represents what *Christians* believe, you should be able to document that. I await your sources. Here, since we are talking about Protestants, I'll give you a list: Please provide a mainstream Baptist theologian who interprets it the way you pretend: Please provide a mainstream Lutheran: Please provide a mainstream Methodist: Please provide a mainstream Anglican: Please provide a mainsream Presbyterian: Go ahead. billo |
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