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"Neil Kelsey" <neil_kelsey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Feb 21, 3:22 am, "Pastor Frank" <P...@christfirst.edu> wrote:
>> "flightlessvacuum" <flightlessvacuums...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1171933682.679541.40990@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...> On Feb 20,
>> 1:54 pm, "Neil Kelsey" <neil_kel...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> I think there are many examples of earlier
>> >> and better writing from other cultures than the Bible. Homer,
>> >> Gilgamesh, Monkey (from China), just to name a few.
>>
>> > I really enjoyed studying the works of Homer in my youth, far superior
>> > to any of the fiction and fables contained within the bible.
>>
>> Are you trying to compare a work of fiction with ancient Semitic
>> social
>> and moral philosophy? Perhaps you can't even see the difference, can you?
>
> Follow the thread back, Frank. It was Padraic Brown (another theist)
> who was comparing the Bible to works of literature.
>
It's just that you can't interpret ancient Semitic philosophical poetry
constructively. It's like a love song, meaningless to people who don't love,
but one that can move most loving people to tears of joy, ...for some a
difficult act to follow indeed!!!
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> On Feb 21, 3:22 am, "Pastor Frank" <P...@christfirst.edu> wrote:
>> "flightlessvacuum" <flightlessvacuums...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1171933682.679541.40990@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...> On Feb 20,
>> 1:54 pm, "Neil Kelsey" <neil_kel...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> I think there are many examples of earlier
>> >> and better writing from other cultures than the Bible. Homer,
>> >> Gilgamesh, Monkey (from China), just to name a few.
>>
>> > I really enjoyed studying the works of Homer in my youth, far superior
>> > to any of the fiction and fables contained within the bible.
>>
>> Are you trying to compare a work of fiction with ancient Semitic
>> social
>> and moral philosophy? Perhaps you can't even see the difference, can you?
>
> Follow the thread back, Frank. It was Padraic Brown (another theist)
> who was comparing the Bible to works of literature.
>
It's just that you can't interpret ancient Semitic philosophical poetry
constructively. It's like a love song, meaningless to people who don't love,
but one that can move most loving people to tears of joy, ...for some a
difficult act to follow indeed!!!
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