this text represents nothing.
above any discussion of religion is the prevailing moral authority.
impose on others his belief is lack of common sense.
think about it;)

Pascal's Wager. Do I need to say anything more?

When is #9?

have you full competence in all lanuages needed to to read the bible and the teachings of the early christians in original?
or at least one (so that you can perform sound hermeneutics on some texts)?

This post was edited by brmv on Apr 2 2013 07:40pm

I do not have full competence in Hebrew or Greek, but I have taken courses in ancient Greek. But that's misrepresenting what hermeneutics is. It is the process of unearthing the true intended meaning of Scripture and although language is one part of it, culture and worldview and history also play a big part as well. I do my best to know ancient Greek, while also continually looking at social sciences, historical commentaries and understanding pre-modern worldviews as researched by anthropologists.

having competence in the original language is a necessary condition for 'sound hermeneutics', did i say that it is a sufficient condition?
you work out what "necessary" and what "sufficient" means

There are biblical commentaries who are the experts and scholars of original languages. Like how astrophysicists use research of astrobiologists, scholars use the work of other experts to gain the insight on the meaning. Ever heard of a Lexicon or Concordance? Those are all tools in the process of hermeneutics.

why do you always have to state trivial things as if others do not know them
yes, you can rely on input from other disciplines and be a scholar in the subject
and you can be a biblical scholar without '"sound hermeneutics"
but for "sound hermeneutics" you need to be able to read the original
and that does apply in general, not only for biblical hermeneutics

I agree with you, a person who seeks full understanding of Scripture requires to know the original languages. But there is so much more than that too.

/e I make sure I state seemingly trivial things because this is a public forum and although I am talking to you, I ought to consider others reading as well.

This post was edited by dajusta on Apr 2 2013 08:54pm

that is exactly what is implied in



at least we can agree on that

ps: that is of course regarding the "full understanding" in the textual sense, the spiritual sense does not require a perfect understanding of the scripture but faith

This post was edited by brmv on Apr 2 2013 08:37pm