Justin108 wrote:
JehovahsWitness wrote:
those that interpret the bible
correctly will never find any of its statements contradict proven scientific fact.
What is the "correct" way to interpret the Bible? Is there an objective "correct" way to interpret the Bible? If so, what methods should one employ to interpret the Bible "correctly"?
Let's use Genesis 1 as an example. What is the correct interpretation of Genesis 1 and what method did you employ to conclude your interpretation?
Specifically...
1. Is Genesis 1 literal or metaphorical? (what method did you use to reach this conclusion?)
2. If it is metaphorical, what is it a metaphor for? (what method did you use to reach this conclusion?)
3. What is your explanation for the Genesis 1 claim that God created plants before he created the sun? (and again, what method did you use to reach this conclusion?)
I see Genesis as the second most Spiritual book ever written right behind the Book of Revelation which is very positive and Spiritual book.
I see many believers dismiss metaphors/examples/symbolism but that is just ant-scriptural for that his one of the wonderful ways God hides his deep Word.
1 Corin 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world (age) are come.
NT:5178 a
tupikos (toop-ee-kos'); an adverb related to NT:5179; found only in 1 Cor 10:11: as a warning, by way of example, typologically (i.e. figuratively, as a prophetic type, a typological interpretation of
Matthew 13 :13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: 'Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive; 15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.' 16 "But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;
Prov 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.