On Aug 21, 2005, at 12:35 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > Sethra <sethra500 at gmail.com> writes: > > >> the Bible is not open to interpertation. you do what God says and >> that's all there is to it. >> > > And yet, people all of whom claim to be Christians seem to disagree on > what it says. And many passages are deeply obscure to most scholars; > the only people who seem to be really sure what they mean are people > who can't even read the original languages. Here is what Saint Paul said on the matter: O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! ?For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?? In other words, no one can know the mind of god.