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cbayer

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15. Which should be the case with any historical documents, no?

Reply to laconicsax (Reply #14)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 01:34 AM

Dec 2011

Have you seen Kurosawa's movie Rashomon? This film is probably one of the most profound I have ever seen.

The crux of the story is that there is no single truth. Every individual experiences every event differently and tells a different story about the actual event.

So when a story is written, it reflects what the person writing it experienced and can't be taken as absolute truth.

I don't agree that the precepts of Christianity require that any part of the bible be taken literally, although there are certainly fundamentalists that do. People, Christian or not, can and should take what they find valuable and leave the rest.

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A question about Christian fundamentalists. [View all] MH1 Dec 2011 OP

They do it the way most Christians do: laconicsax Dec 2011 #1

Yeah, in general, that's what I figure MH1 Dec 2011 #2

My guess is that most fundamentalists are too stupid to have any idea what the question is about. laconicsax Dec 2011 #3

While I think you may be right about fundamentalists, I don't cbayer Dec 2011 #11

You're actually doing it too. laconicsax Dec 2011 #14

Which should be the case with any historical documents, no? cbayer Dec 2011 #15

I don't think it's that profound a film. laconicsax Dec 2011 #17

I did not suggest that 'most Christians' do it. MH1 Dec 2011 #19

No you did not suggest that. I was responding to another member's reply. cbayer Dec 2011 #28

Oops, sorry about that. Sometimes I misread threads that way. MH1 Dec 2011 #29

I think they would say the Catholic church slowly became corrupt muriel_volestrangler Dec 2011 #4

That sounds about right. MH1 Dec 2011 #21

I think you give most fundamentalists skepticscott Dec 2011 #22

They don't know. darkstar3 Dec 2011 #5

The fundamentalists that I know have at least an opinion on it MH1 Dec 2011 #23

Most honestly don't know, especially in denominations where pastors generally iris27 Dec 2011 #6

Constantine and the First Council of Nicaea had nothing to do with the Canon of the Bible so Leontius Dec 2011 #7

Ok, then help me out, where did it come from? MH1 Dec 2011 #20

The Council was convened mainly to settle the Arian controversy over the nature of Christ Leontius Dec 2011 #27

Council of Nicea Irishonly Dec 2011 #8

Don't feel bad, I've been informed that I am 'going to Hell' MH1 Dec 2011 #24

Religion is a mess Irishonly Dec 2011 #30

The Bible cannot be inerrant FarCenter Dec 2011 #9

Oh, but these are just the minor inconsistencies you'll find iris27 Dec 2011 #13

A letter to Dr. Laura Schlesinger that was widely distributed on the web: cbayer Dec 2011 #10

My favorite is c) MH1 Dec 2011 #25

It gets weirder: Many of them believe that ONLY the translators... TygrBright Dec 2011 #12

Yeah, the KJV-only folks are a special kind of odd. iris27 Dec 2011 #16

That site is always a riot. laconicsax Dec 2011 #18

Wow, that page is hilarious. MH1 Dec 2011 #26