Originally posted by seanD
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I don't have to convince anyone of anything. The rules of liberalism are very basic when it comes to Rev. Literal unless the interpretation is given. There's no ambiguity, no confusion, no guesswork in that. For example, a multi headed monster probably doesn't literally come out of the sea (at least not how it's manifested in the natural world) because the explanation of what it is in the natural given to us. No confusion, no claim of exceptional incite or understanding of scripture is needed. Your technique just brings confusion and ambiguity, hence the reason we have multiple interpretations of the symbolism that don't agree with each other. The only way for one to remedy that is to claim YOU have special incite and knowledge about how to interpret the scripture, thus your interpretation is true and everyone else is wrong. That not only leads to confusion and contention, but it leads to cult-like type situations -- "Our interpretations of the symbolism are correct because We have the true knowledge and understanding and revelation from God."
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