"Faith" writes:
I find it happens all the time among believers. We tend to get the same thing out of any given Bible passage. I've often read a passage and later heard (or read) it preached on, and the preaching agrees with what I understood on my own reading. It's probably a matter of whether you are a believer or not, but of course it isn't always true that believers agree either -- just that most of the time I've found that we do.
Hi Faith, I'm sure like minded individuals can come up with the same interpretation, especially where the subject matter is trivial.
I'm interested in the non-trivial interpretations - like the 6 day creation event. YEC's define it literally, others point at reality and what we know about the workings of the world to debunk such a claim...., but then reject reality in favor of "divine intervention" when asked about other non-trivial events - like parting a large body of water with a stick... it's inconsistent and leads to confusion. Much like a game where the rules are made up as you play it.
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