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Re: my hermeneutical problems
On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Kelvin Bailey wrote:
> --- "Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca> wrote:
> > Those of us who bother to interpret the scriptures at all will
> > interpret it through *some* sort of hermeneutical screen, and the more
> > honest we are about that, the better. But we can't pretend the
> > screens aren't there, especially if we're going to follow some parts
> > of scripture and ignore others -- which is something we *all* do,
> > whether we like it or not.
>
> I don't disagree with this at all. I think it is a valid point - when
> you're dealing with hermeneutics from an academic standpoint (and I am
> sooooo tire of hermeneutics from an academic standpoint).
I don't find anything particularly "academic" about this. It's just true.
> However, If I recall correctly, the origin of this whole line was sort
> of an "if it works for you" kind of post. THis doesn't really apply to
> that, as I see it.
Since I don't know which particular post you're referring to, I don't know
how to reply to that -- "this whole line" had something to do with "boy
problems" at one point, IIRC.
--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
"I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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