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Originally Posted by ChinoCoug
LOL. You prefer theologians guide the Church? Half that stuff is crock. The ancient scholars on this board have already told us the scientific method is inappropriate in fields like that. Those fields are still useful in deciphering the author's message and considering the audience. But it's a waste of time to question a book's authenticity before using it.
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You may resort to that sort of argumentation with Seattle but not with me.
How can we determine the authority for those scriptures? We're not using revelation, as our revelators don't concern themselves with such matters.
So, if reasonable scholarship through internal and external factors can shed light upon them, then good.
And if there is good amongst the disputed writings, so be it, but use with caution.