> then you have to see how the bible wants to be interpreted > by reading it? why is this the criteria? rather than apealing to the people that put together the canon of the bible, the people of that time? you expect a random chineese person to interpret the parables of the bible flawlessly because he posesses "critical thinking and logic". and it is not 80-100 years after christ, rather we have the teachings of the fathers, for example st. ignatius.
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