The OT: pious fiction?

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Some people tell us the NT only is pious fiction. Now, I’d be interested to know if the OT should also be considered as… pure pious fiction?
BTW, would it not be interesting if there could be such a category of genre among the novels?
Your thoughts?
 
Lapell said:
Some people tell us the NT only is pious fiction. Now, I’d be interested to know if the OT should also be considered as… pure pious fiction?
BTW, would it not be interesting if there could be such a category of genre among the novels?
Your thoughts?
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A little rabbit put you up to this? I never could get an answer out of her either.
 
Isa_Almisry said:
A little rabbit put you up to this? I never could get an answer out of her either.
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Whether she agrees or not to answer is up to her. God gave us free will, so let’s respect it.
Now, if others want to join in this discussion, they certainly are welcome.:yup:
Bring your:twocents: into this!
❤️,
Lapell
 
Lapell said:
Some people tell us the NT only is pious fiction. Now, I’d be interested to know if the OT should also be considered as… pure pious fiction?
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To put it briefly, I would see the Tanakh as ‘inspired’ to a greater or lesser extent (Prophets/Writings - certainly could be described as ‘mediated’ - with a great deal that is history/legend) ultimately as a means of understanding how we are supposed to live our lives. As to ‘Torah from Sinai’ well . . . .
BTW, would it not be interesting if there could be such a category of genre among the novels?
Your thoughts?
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The JPS 1985 edition is a very good read.
 
Kaninchen said:
To put it briefly, I would see the Tanakh as ‘inspired’ to a greater or lesser extent (Prophets/Writings - certainly could be described as ‘mediated’ - with a great deal that is history/legend) ultimately as a means of understanding how we are supposed to live our lives. As to ‘Torah from Sinai’ well . . . .

The JPS 1985 edition is a very good read.
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Inspired, like God talking, or inspired like Obama’s speech, if you’re a fan?
 
Kaninchen said:
To put it briefly, I would see the Tanakh as ‘inspired’ to a greater or lesser extent (Prophets/Writings - certainly could be described as ‘mediated’ - with a great deal that is history/legend) ultimately as a means of understanding how we are supposed to live our lives. As to ‘Torah from Sinai’ well . . .
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Well, what about “Torah from Sinai”? Weren’t the Sons of Israel at the foot of Mt. Sinai when they received the Torah? Or at least the Ten Words (or Commandments)?
 
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Where she is, Isa, I tend to believe she’d be quite more interested in how Angela Merkel leads her country…
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Oh, don’t bet on that. See the parade to greet the messiah in Berlin?

Europeans seem to love to interject there opinions into American politics as if the Americans should care. And she is Eurpean. Very.
 
Isa_Almisry said:
Oh, don’t bet on that. See the parade to greet the messiah in Berlin?

Europeans seem to love to interject there opinions into American politics as if the Americans should care. And she is Eurpean. Very.
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Heu… I didn’t know about it, Isa. Maybe my being living in Canada has something to do with it (my not knowing about it, I mean!) That, and my not having a TV where I live, a choice of mine so that I won’t stay in front of it all the time, which I used to tend to… Plus I have been unable to go on a computer on a regular basis for the past 3 or 4 weeks now. I can come here once or twice a week, which is why you don’t read posts from me as often as before…
BTW, I don’t know whether Kaninchen lives in what used to be West Germany or East Germany…
 
As to the Hebrew Scriptures, [the “Old” Testament] -
there God is acknowledged as One, not 3 persons, in one.
Polytheism, and a pantheon of sorts - seem a perennial need of much of mankind.
‘Hypostatic union,’ merely dresses up polytheism, in the polysllyabic?

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reen12
 
Considering the ‘Old’ Testament:

Sometimes I think that festooning is simply an expression of the human condition.

A new religion?

Hurry back to the writings of a faith that had existed for centuries,
and ‘interpret’ their scriptures - to fit the new religion.

Refer to their scriptures as the ‘old’ testament. [covenant.]
“Old” does not have the zest of the 'new?" http://bestsmileys.com/nono/9.gif

Right?

Talk about ‘framing’ the debate…

The addings-onto. “Interpretations.” “Nuancings.” ‘Levels’ of meaning…

Fascinating to behold.

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reen12
 
reen12 said:
“Old” does not have the zest of the 'new?" http://bestsmileys.com/nono/9.gif

Right?

Talk about ‘framing’ the debate…

The addings-onto. “Interpretations.” “Nuancings.” ‘Levels’ of meaning…

Fascinating to behold.
reen12
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Old, but still very relevant nowadays, reen12. True, not enough homilies from the pulpit seem to even comment them in their context… but still, some changes happened with Jesus’ coming. In the time it’s not all visible, true, though there are signs…
But the Torah still is relevant, and so are the Prophets and the other Writings of the OT, it’s not obsolete. It tells us Christians where we come from.
The misunderstandings on the Catholic Church and her interpretation of the Holy Scriptures, especially of the OT, are many even among the Catholics and even the clergy, at least to some degree.
You don’t seem to take this into account if you are a truth-seeker, reen12
 
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