Peace

Originally Posted by Ted

clodhopper

Jesus appears to have so believed. I think we ought to take a lesson from Luther who when asked about heaven said that it was in fine shape under God's control and that he would worry about the earth.

Personally I believe there is something but nothing that I can grasp or understand at this point.

I simply trust in God and do not particularly concern myself with whatever comes after life.

Each time we read the Bible we can get something new out of it. There is no one correct interpretation and interpretations change as our knowledge, culture etc. change.
Shalom
Ted

Which makes you more 'enlightened' than God and the bible, and allows you to make up any interpetation that the wind brings through.

What amazes me Ted is that you claim to be so intelligent and you cant see how simple this is.

By saying there is no one correct interpretation says words dont have definitions.

How do you know for sure what you just typed says what it thinks you say it says and then how can we reinterpret what you said to make it say what we want it to say 20 years from now?

[Ted]

jester

I've never claimed to be "so intelligent", nor have I ever claimed to be "more 'enlightened'. "So say you".

We have gone over this territory time and again and you simply will not, not can't, but will not understand. With that I can't help you since you choose not to seek instruction, study to gain knowledge and thus seek wisdom.

What I have repeatedly said is that the more I learn the more I realize there is yet to learn. You criticize me for studying but a careful reading of the first few chapters of Proverbs clearly indicates that I should be instructed, study to gain knowledge, and thus gain wisdom. Since the Bible as such did not exist at the time of this writing it was not referring to only the Bible.

Solomon was indeed a very well instructed, highly knowledgeable and wise man.

But I might ask you the same question. What makes you so enlightened and so intelligent that you think you have the correct response? There have been thousands of interpretations of scripture over the centuries and of all those interpretations you claim to have the only right one. So you think???!!!

Shalom
Ted