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We could also scrutinize our definitions of such significant concepts as DIVINE.
Is everybody who is invisible and heavenly also DIVINE?
Whichever way you answer (Yes/No) you are filtering your opinion with a personal preference at the outset.
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The scholar's test is to substitute one word in place of the other and see how the 'meaning' is affected.
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"Wesley Walstrom married my mother and named me Terry Walstrom when I was born."
Let me make some substitutions.
"My Dad married Lillian Hybarger and named the author of this sentence when he was born."
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Both sentences are true and the substitutions did not corrupt the meaning. More/Less information appears depending on the choices.
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Words in the Bible are easily st-r-e-t-c-h-ed like an elastic band to fit poetic expressions, 'spiritualized' expressions, parabolic expressions, etc.
It becomes a matter of some considerable debate to state ABSOLUTELY one state of interpretation over another.
CONTEXT as to time and place is certainly vital. Who was speaking to whom and why?
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For the supreme being in all the universe to be offended is puzzling.
How does one harm a being who possesses everything, including knowledge, power, eternity, and wisdom?
Being offended, for the Living God, is an act of psychological inferiority.
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All the above is said to now say this:
Religious people who insist on using Scripture to prove/disprove various interpretations are kidding themselves.
If you play along, you are kidding yourself.
There is no THERE, there.
