Re: [asa] A parable of three investors

Because Moses couldn't make concrete!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Nield" <d.nield@auckland.ac.nz>
To: "Glenn Morton" <glennmorton@entouch.net>
Cc: <Dawsonzhu@aol.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 4:10 AM
Subject: Re: [asa] A parable of three investors

> Glenn Morton wrote:
>
>> I actually have come to disagree with the concept that the intent of the
>> original author (or more correctly his understanding) is important. If it
>
>>is, then clearly we can't change the interpretation. What that guy
>>believed
>>is what we must believe, no matter how stupid that is. Since I believe in
>>a
>>strong form of inspiration, in which God inspired the writings to tell us
>>something of a concrete nature, then it is His intent which is important,
>>not the understanding or intent of the original Hebrew writer.
>>
>>This view that the original intent of the Hebrew writer is what has made
>>the
>>status quo so bad. It limits our choices and makes it impossible to
>>actually
>>come up with a solution.
>>
> My question to Glenn is the following. If God inspired the writings to
> tell us something of a concrete nature, why is it not set in more solid
> concrete?
> Don
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Received on Mon Oct 30 02:49:04 2006