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To: betty boop; DittoJed2; f.Christian; HalfFull; gore3000; xzins; goodseedhomeschool (returned); ...
and let us not forget: There is no private interpretation of Scripture As GSHS(R) has pointed out for us, Scripture is interpreted by Scripture. Plato's daimon can't help you and no amount of rocking in your room, with your eyelids turned up twitching, helps either
301 posted on 10/05/2003 10:39:42 PM PDT by JesseShurun (The Hazzardous Duke First it was platypusses, now it's Platopusses. Where does it end?)
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To: JesseShurun; Alamo-Girl; HalfFull; unspun; Pietro; Hank Kerchief; gore3000; Phaedrus
There is no private interpretation of Scripture. As GSHS(R) has pointed out for us, Scripture is interpreted by Scripture.

Jesse, this statement is an absolute absurdity. Scripture can't "interpret" scripture. Only a mind can interpret anything. Interpretation is a cognitive act; and scripture is not "cognitive." It is information -- divinely inspired and absolutely true -- in search of a knower, a mind, a soul.

Earlier you suggested that Christ's revelation to us was the complete revelation of the Mind of God. I strongly doubt this view is scripturally valid. For the great theologican and spiritual writer, Francis Schaeffer, observed that, in the Holy Scriptures, God has told us of Himself "truly, but not exhaustively." That is to say, He did not communicate everything about Himself -- likely because there would be no way for the human mind to take it all in, to understand God's Mind, Will, and Purpose.

That is why the more mystical spiritual traditions of Christianity invariably posit a "cloud of knowing" or a "dark night" as being betwixt the human mind and God's Love and Truth. The closer we draw to Him in meditation, the more we notice this "cloud." But its very presence means God is near. I imagine that "cloud" is there to protect man; for God cannot be comprehended -- God the Father is the Unseen God of the burning bush, the I Am That Am. Man cannot contemplate Eternal Being in full -- his mind is not capacious enough, and the effort likely may destroy him.

Plato's daimon can't help you and no amount of rocking in your room, with your eyelids turned up twitching, helps either.

My word you have do an active imagination, Jesse! But making me the butt of a silly joke doesn't help your argument.

309 posted on 10/06/2003 7:35:46 AM PDT by betty boop (God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world. -- Paul Dirac)
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