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Originally Posted by Standards
The Bible's not important. We must examine the Greek, Hebrew, context, Jewish history, on and on. I agree that we can't just post random scriptures, but I think you guys take it too far. Jesus doesn't expect every saint to have a knowledge of Greek and Hebrew. We have plenty of good translations out there. I am amazed by how many people seem to think that they know more than translators.
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I am not one of the "Well, let's look at the Greek Lexicon" type of dudes. I flunked Greek. If I can't figure out the bible given to me what good does it do to learn Greek? One of my favorite cartoons is this fellow who is saying, "In the KJV it says Yes, but in the Greek it says No!!" Silly. So I'm with you there, and I often say that you don't need to interpret the bible as much as you just need to obey it.
The HUGE mistake I see cons make is context. I believe they post a verse alone, ignore the context, and develop a core value system based on an isolated verse without considering the context. There can be no greater example of this than
Deut. 22:5.
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