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To: ArGee
Once you accept God for what He is (rather than what you'd like Him to be) the Bible isn't impossible to understand,...

Which gets back to one of my previous points. Once you hit that point, it doesn't matter what religion you choose. The above could just as easily apply to the Odenic Rite as anything else.

5,512 posted on 03/13/2013 9:12:19 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: Dead Corpse
Which gets back to one of my previous points. Once you hit that point, it doesn't matter what religion you choose. The above could just as easily apply to the Odenic Rite as anything else.

That's likely not to be true. I don't know anything about the Odenic Rite, but I know the God who is represented in the Bible is not represented in the Koran. So, accepting God for what He is doesn't help in interpreting the Koran in the least.

This is why Jesus was able to interpret (fulfill in New Testament language) the Law with such authority. He knew the law giver. I think if the Koran had existed at the time, and Jesus had been asked to interpret it, He quite possibly would have responded, "Why bother?"

As far as written words go, God, as He is, is well represented in the Old Testament and well interpreted in the New Testament. There are other books. Some may be valuable. But these two are sufficient.

5,513 posted on 03/13/2013 9:22:20 AM PDT by ArGee (An open mind is like an open window - if you don't have a screen, you get flies.)
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