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What I object to is the insistence that any one interpretation of that truth is the -right- one.
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And so we come full circle. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Iarwain said it better than me, and I can't make you believe. But let me clarify what I said about inside the sphere of interpretation. When Jesus said those parables, people *knew* he was talking about things they couldn't comprehend, and therefore was using metaphors to try and explain it. He was referring to things of the spirit, not just vines and trees and fruit. That was the "sphere." I was also talking about the Christian "sphere" of interp, not the Buddhist take on it or the Moslem or the rest. Yes, there *was* a specific meaning to His parables, and therefore He put forth an "assumption" that what He was talking about was Truth. Yet just because there might be other ways to look at it doesn't mean that those ways are the right ones. "Who is to say what is right and what is wrong?" Not logic. It is there that the human mind stops and the human heart takes over. A person will philosophize themselves into circles trying to make 5D subjects into 3D. Can't be done. All you can do is to seek truth as you find it. Yes, that still means that there is a certain one, and yes, you can figure out what that is. But it can only come from within.
I'm sure I left something out, or didn't clarify something enough. But I'm sure you guys will call me on it, so I think I'll stop editing now. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
-'Vana
Now we're completely off topic. :applause!:
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Actually, just PM me.
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