How does a fundie know he’s right? This question was recently touched on in a long discussion with a “proud fundamentalist”. The question then was about how one knows whose interpretation or emphasis is correct, given we had four people present with interpretations that differ to varying degrees.
I now believe the tradition to be very [...]
Entries Tagged with 'Scripture'
Extracting Meaning from Scripture
Part One of “How Does a Fundie Know He’s Right?”
March 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Categories: Shofar · Worldviews
Tags: Exegesis · Hermeneutics · Interpretation · Meaning · Scripture
The Problem With Empiricism
January 7th, 2008 · 20 Comments
We need a language with which to talk. For the purpose of this post, I choose The Matrix, because most of us have seen it, and it hopefully left a valuable impression on us. In effect, for the purpose of this discussion, I’m choosing The Matrix as our “Bible”, our corpus, defining the language for [...]
Categories: Religion and Science · Worldviews
Tags: Atheism · Empiricism · Fundamentalism · Mysticism · Scripture


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