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To: SuziQ
Inspired by God doesn’t mean DICTATED by God. The early books of the Old Testament weren’t even written down until several thousand years after the events occurred, so they couldn’t be truly accurate accounts. The Pope is simply saying that individual passages can be mis-interpreted, or twisted into something contrary to what they truly mean, when taken out of context.

By that "logic", you have created a loophole for God's word that is so large, you and the Vatican could drive a bus through it. It also means, by your own definition, that the scriptures are robbed of their power, authority, legitimacy, and truth.

And....who gets to pick up the pieces and assume that power, authority, legitimacy, and truth? Why, the Catholic Church!

Wow - what a great racket. Even the Detroit Public Unions should copy that one.

23 posted on 05/05/2011 10:22:18 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot
It also means, by your own definition, that the scriptures are robbed of their power, authority, legitimacy, and truth.

Not at all. As I said, Scripture is inspired by God. Just look at the beauty of the Song of Solomon, the poetry of the Psalms, and the frustration in Job's struggles. There is power there, and the truth of God, in the form of songs and stories, as opposed to simply lessons of faith and truth. And the authority has always been there, too, since Moses brought down the Ten Commandments, and the Jews began their formal worship under the direction of the 70 chosen by Moses to help him minister to the Jews in his care.

The Pope recognizes that power, authority, legitimacy and truth, and that's why he's pointing out that it's easy to twist the meaning, if you simply use a passage without putting it into the context of what was going on when that passage occurs. Taking Scripture out of context can damage it's truthfulness, and cause real confusion.

224 posted on 05/06/2011 8:36:25 PM PDT by SuziQ
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