"How did these various pieces come to be regarded as Scripture
by Jewish and, later, Christian communities? There were no
committees that sat down to decree what was or was not a holy book.
To some degree, the process of Scripture-making, or canonization as
it is often called (from the Greek word kanon, a "measuring rod" ),
involved a process, no longer completely understood, by which the
Jewish community decided which works reflected most clearly its
vision of God. The antiquity, real or imagined, of many of the
books was clearly a factor, and this is why Psalms was eventually
attributed to David, and Proverbs, Song of Songs, and Ecclesiastes
(along with, by some people, Wisdom of Solomon in the Apocrypha) to
Solomon. However, mere age was not enough. There had to be some way
in which the Jewish community could identify its own religious
experiences in the sacred books.
This occurred, at least in part, through an elaborate process of
biblical interpretation. Simply reading a text involves
interpretation. Interpretative choices are made even in picking up
today's newspaper; one must know the literary conventions that
distinguish a news report, for example, from an op-ed piece. The
challenge becomes much more intense when one reads highly artistic
texts from a different time and place, such as the Bible. "
Conclusion? Interpretation, contextual understanding is
important.
So wat is your conclusion ? The bible is fallible and subjective
to each people interpretations ? If one want to read it to show tat
OT is relevant, there r scipture evidence tat support his cause but
if another wanna ignore the old laws he can again selectively read
and believe the other sections of the bible ?
Okay, let's talk biblically lar. In the beginning, God made man
and women. And He wants them to multiply. God made women because He
knows that man desire company. With women made, God commanded them
to multiply and bear fruit.
The question I would like to ask you is: Can homosexuality lead to
pregnancy and bear child? If it can't, doesn't it mean against
God's wonderful plan of filling the earth with people? It is
definitely not pleasant to God and God did not make homosexuality.
Disability/handicap is a consequences of sin. It has reflected that
the earth is in a sorry state of condition. But homosexuality is
consequence of sin entering earth. It is a reflection of how man
desire accompaniment to fill the void in them. In my view, and
biblically, homosexuality is a sin lo.
Tat is right. In the bible god made man and woman and they have
to be united and bear offsprings. SO if going by tat principle
people who didn't marry also commit the same offence as homosexual.
God made adam and eve not made adam itself. So aren't priest tat
vowed calibracy commiting the same offence as homosexual ? At least
being homosexual may means he still can have sex with girls and
still give offsprings. Can being priest tat substain from such acts
leads to pregnancy ? If it can't doesn't it mean they r against the
god wonderful plan of filling earth with people ?
