On 11/29/13, 8:08 PM, Tim wrote:
On Friday, November 29, 2013 6:41:42 PM UTC-6,
No, I am not a theologian, but I did have as a college roommate for an

academic year a fellow who got his master's at Union Theological

Seminary, and was ordained an Episcopal priest. He got me to go to

Sunday Episcopal services on campus because, he claimed, they served the

best Sunday student breakfast and had the best-looking coeds at their

services. He was right on both counts.

Of course there would be an alternate motive for going.


He and I argued some on issues religious. We're still close friends.



I have an M.A. in English, and my concentration was in etymology. As for

your interpretations, you're just proving my point, that biblical

interpretation is in the mind of the beholder. There's nothing wrong or

intellectually dishonest about that, as long as one admits it.



I'm glad you told me. THANKS! But, you don't believe in the book anyhow. so why make a big deal out of it? I mean, why are you trying to interpret something something you don't believe in anyhow?


An alternative motive for "going," beyond the free eats and hot
chicks...I didn't see any. I was agnostic 50 years ago when I was
getting my B.A.

I believe "the book" is a book. As for "interpretation," it is just an
intellectual pursuit. Do you have some actual evidence the bible wasn't
written, translated and rewritten by bunches of guys over a relatively
long time period? You know, some sort of "supreme" writing?

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