tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post3888104397384649870..comments2024-03-12T11:58:24.510+13:00Comments on Otagosh: Bibliolatry backfireGavin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965552923012880262noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-14752174682410705592011-10-25T04:28:46.593+13:002011-10-25T04:28:46.593+13:00For many years now, I have regarded the Bible in t...For many years now, I have regarded the Bible in the same light as the Illiad and the Odyssey. Mythology is mythology and can be used as such. To regard it as an infalable guide to everday living is inviting disaster, the kind of disaster our lives turned out to be under Armstrongism.Allen C. Dexterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06615706118359802452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-89291302568087605382011-10-24T06:21:50.140+13:002011-10-24T06:21:50.140+13:00I understand the atuhor to be saying more or less ...I understand the atuhor to be saying more or less that people shouldn't treat the bible like an instruction manual, but should appreciate it as a "...fund of stories...to be read critically and honestly..." Then the KJV version is dismissed thusly: "The King James Version can be appreciated for its literary aesthetics, but not much else"<br /><br />If the idea is to treat the bible as a fund of stories to be read critically and honestly, then I would think that literary merit becomes a very important virtue; The critical reader, after all, will not get roiled over a particular translation choice, say "virgin" over "young woman" or "charity" over "love".Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094145068856757381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-52662263659190856432011-10-23T11:26:56.268+13:002011-10-23T11:26:56.268+13:00As Teal'c said on an episode of Stargate 1 to ...As Teal'c said on an episode of Stargate 1 to Colonel O'Neil, "Is not the Bible a foundation of Western Civilization. Have you not read it?"<br /><br />"Yes. Parts of it. I'm waiting for the movie to come out."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com