Caleb

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I am a scripting language connoisseur, regular expression aficionado, network geek, general lover of Linux and a frequent contributor to open source software. I transitioned to programming from other work because I was too busy automating my own work environment to actually do the other work. I have a hobby interest in cartography. For more see my personal site. Most importantly, my life is defined by the grace of God given to men through Jesus Christ. It is my ambition that everything I do would reflect His glory and point people towards Him.

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Jul 15	comment	Isn't disowning someone a form of being faithless? Welcome to Hermeneutics.SE!
Jul 11	comment	How are verses indicating that God is a God of war, and others indicating that he is a God of peace reconciled to not be contradictory? @BobJones: I think most people give doctrinal answers because this is inherently a doctrinal problem, which is why I argued this was off topic in the first place. We can migrate this to [christianity] and make it a doctrinal question showing how Christians fit these two sides into a bigger picture. If that isn't what you want, then this will need some major editing to focus on what kind of answer you do expect that is hermeneutical and not doctrinal. The rest of us seem to be having a hard time visualizing that. Maybe a the question could be re-scoped to cast that vision.
Jul 11	comment	How are verses indicating that God is a God of war, and others indicating that he is a God of peace reconciled to not be contradictory? @JonEricson: I think it could work migrated as long as it was re-worded to ask for an overview of doctrinal issues that Christians from various quarters would point to to resolve it rather than the current focus on logic and the text.
Jul 7	comment	How are verses indicating that God is a God of war, and others indicating that he is a God of peace reconciled to not be contradictory? This seems very much like a theologically oriented problem, not a textual one. I'm going to suggest that it is off-topic for this site and better resolved by doctrinal frameworks that deal with the different aspects of God's character.
Jul 7	comment	How are verses indicating that God is a God of war, and others indicating that he is a God of peace reconciled to not be contradictory? Re: "peace is an aspect of love"? Say what now? God wages war because of his love. He loves what is good, therefore hates what is evil and opposes it. We have plenty of examples from this in scripture. I'm think throwing this statement into your argument makes it go all wonky as a line of reasoning (even if I agree with the conclusion).
Jul 1	comment	Who is the woman in Revelation 12? @Jas3.1 Your answer is excellent and I agree with the conclusion, however in point 3 at the end it hinges entirely on your assertion that no interpretation of this passage no matter how metaphoric can be seen to be filled in Mary. The Catholic church claims it was. In order to make sense of that (im)possibility I think one must bring the weight of the rest of scripture to bear on the matter. Your interpretation is good, but depends on your view on several issues going into the interpretation process. Rather than depending on your assumptions, why not let it depend on other scripture?
Jun 29	comment	Who is the woman in Revelation 12? I dealt with this some in answering this question.
Jun 21	awarded	Nice Question
Jun 2	awarded	Excavator
Jun 2	revised	How consistent were Augustine's hermeneutics? added 18 characters in body
May 28	revised	What was meant by “paradise” when Jesus spoke to the thief on the cross? added 71 characters in body
May 25	comment	Why does Jesus tell the disciples to buy swords? @Wikis: My quick review before cross-linked shown one answer that makes some sense and might be right but has no references backing it up, one that has tons of references but I couldn't make out what the main point really was, and one that was just thrown out there. Maybe I should have just said "help" rather than "serious help".
May 25	comment	Why does Jesus tell the disciples to buy swords? Related question on Christianity: Why did Jesus tell His disciples to buy a sword? (Which probably needs serious help; if anything useful comes out of this question...)
May 24	awarded	Taxonomist
May 13	awarded	Nice Question
May 3	comment	How do Jewish scholars differ from Christian scholars in their approach to the Tanakh? Excellent answer! I agree with your analysis that certain philosophical presuppositions inform the way we read text. I am specifically not looking for an answer to the question you identify at the end, but I am interested in pursuing this a little farther to be able to put a finger on specific presuppositions that cause a text to be handled X way -- where X is obviously not any of the four points you list as varying across both world views. While all those things are debated in both camps, there are clearly some hermeneutical distinctives of each camp. What are they/how could they be defined?
May 3	comment	How do Jewish scholars differ from Christian scholars in their approach to the Tanakh? @Soldarnal: I think you raise a valid concern about this question. I realize both worlds are fragmented to the point of being nearly impossible to lump together, but their is still somehow a pretty clear line between them. I am really less interested with the specific doctrines or outcomes so much as how they get there -- which along the lines of Amichai's answer I think boils down to philosophical presuppositions -- and in what ways we can identify those base factors affecting the way we interpret the texts. Do you have any suggestions for making this a more productive question?
May 2	awarded	Nice Question
Apr 30	comment	The Eye of the Needle A follow up question on this topic relating to the historical aspects and modern Jerusalem has been raised over on Christianity.
Apr 27	awarded	Civic Duty