tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353337185578030295.post1823757241676911951..comments2022-11-09T07:21:50.273-05:00Comments on Godfather's Panorama: Biblical RuminationsGodfatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452702344814424402noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353337185578030295.post-3749917104720404292015-11-22T02:25:09.423-05:002015-11-22T02:25:09.423-05:00You could almost forgive someone for thinking that...You could almost forgive someone for thinking that the Bible is written in a way which almost invites us to misinterpret it. However, like you alluded to in your writing, the insinuation that one must "just have faith"(even though the difficulty passages might be intricate to decipher) is often times not suffix enough to answer the questions we wish God, himself can directly answer. I have however learnt over the years that the "inspired" writers of the bible often allude to current ideas in order to correct them, which in turn enables us to better relate to many "difficult" Bible verses. <br /><br />I often times struggle with the notion that the Bible might evidently be easier and in the ultimate sense "better" understood by an unsophisticated individual of the poorer world, than it is by experts, rationalist and realist. In my opinion, the bible is for the poor and oppressed- literally or spiritually. For them, the agony is not to understand; it is to apply. For many like me who often time struggle to academically understand, there seems to the agony of applying the most basic elements of Christianity. It appears to me that the chronic lack of praxis in so many Bible readers is somehow related to their intellectual quandaries of understanding.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353337185578030295.post-80106944428538846502015-10-23T20:00:06.321-04:002015-10-23T20:00:06.321-04:00Same here Teria. This was a great read. Thanks for...Same here Teria. This was a great read. Thanks for this GodfatherAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18179092862357994799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353337185578030295.post-87798534920852949712015-10-01T18:00:12.412-04:002015-10-01T18:00:12.412-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07043279158439974080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353337185578030295.post-32150743965082346132015-10-01T18:00:01.184-04:002015-10-01T18:00:01.184-04:00I've often wondered where the other people cam...I've often wondered where the other people came from in Genesis. I haven't gotten an answer that put my questions to rest. Thanks for writing this. I'm glad I'm not the only one with these questions. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07043279158439974080noreply@blogger.com