As Jimmy Durante used to say:"Everybody wants
to get into the act." And, so we should but, with more epistemological
humility.
"Anyone who is an
interpreter of any text interprets that text from some sort of
ideational perspective.Everybody stands somewhere. There's no one who can
stand in a neutral objective point in interpreting
texts. To pretend so is simply a pernicious fiction." Richard B.
Hayes - Public Lecture - New Zealand - 2004)
jt: So Jimmy Durante is your "fount of
wisdom" Lance? (you have quoted him numerous times) and
ALL scripture is FOR private
interpretation IYO? I say that one who approaches God's Word humbly
and without
a preconceived epistemology to protect
is not driven to interpret anything and is open to the Spirit of
Truth.
We read the text of Scripture differently and diversely. We read the texts of one
another similarly. Other that saying::
'you are of your father, the devil', how are
we to account for and insofar as is possible, rectify this?
jt: Not
everyone on TT does this Lance, I for one don't always write AMEN
when I agree, I just rejoice that a brother or sister is posting Truth in
balance and in context (there are those two words again) I say we
should just tell it like it is. There is a Christ and an
anti-Christ (in place of); a spirit of truth and a spirit of
error. God is not confused nor does He contradict Himself -
Truth will stand when all else fails.
Among those gifted and discerning
participants dwelling hereon, might some suggest a way forward other that
requesting that one of the now thoroughly polarized camps simply 'take a
walk' leaving the other to live in harmony and agreement?
jt: I say - let's wait and
see. Eventually His angels will gather the "tares" out of the
Kingdom and we will have
our answer without the need to speculate (of course it will be too
late for those on the wrong side) and in the meantime we can learn
how to love the unlovely while we wait for Jesus to bring it all together.
