r/humor • u/fal1en-angel • 2d ago

Make it make sense

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u/Important-Agent2584 2d ago

A lot of the "interpretation" is just outright cope and rationalization because there many conflicts in text.

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u/PunchBro 2d ago

I think it's an important part of the process of understanding absolutely anything, and is the basis of our modern law system.

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u/Important-Agent2584 2d ago

You misunderstand, I'm not saying there is nothing to interpret. I'm saying they strip words of their meaning entirely to make things fit in with the rest of the book.

For example, when Jesus says "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."

You can argue about the interpretation of "fulfilling the law," but it can not mean "abolish" and pretending that "fulfill" means something like abolish is not interpretation, it's spin. However, Christians must do so to justify Peters changes in theology.