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Originally Posted by Jeffrey
Never heard of that "golden rule." Another one you just made up? 
It's not about it being literal or figurative (literary genre/mechanics), it's understanding the overall message in general, and keeping that in mind when straining your eyes at the gnats. Don't lose the forest for the trees. Heard that one before, right?
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Honestly, Jeffrey, you reveal that you're not the student you propose to be when you deride subjects as elementary as epistemology & the golden rule of interpretation [i.e., Literal Hermeneutics].
Moreover, you cannot "understand the overall message until you discern the writer's intent. Is he speaking metaphorically or literally, for example. You really crack me up how you constantly accuse me of "making things up" when you don't recognize a phrase, term, etc. Anyway, does something have to be quoted from another source to be applicable??? Plumb ridiculous!
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