Quotes about Interpretation

On Saint Paul, he's probably one of the best theologians of all time, but I don't believe that some of his teachings are appropriate today.

He was searching for words to name his meaning without naming it, she thought, to make her understand that which he did not want to be understood.

Its the critic's job to interpret the artist, even to the artist himself.

What I noticed at Grace-Calvary is the same thing I notice whenever people aim to solve their conflicts with one another by turning to the Bible: defending the dried ink marks on the page becomes more vital than defending the neighbor. As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God. In the words of Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas, 'People of the Book risk putting the book above people.

Think of all the duties that were perfectly obvious to Paul or Matthew in that old Arabian desert that are pure nonsense to us now. All that foot washing, for example. Was it really for God's glory or just to keep the sand out of the house?

Maggot calmed me down by explaining Bible stories were a category of superhero comic. Not to be confused with real life.

There are Christians, and there are Christians.

Oh, and the camel. Was it a camel that could pass through the eye of a needle more easily than a rich man? Or a coarse piece of yarn? The Hebrew words are the same, but which one did they mean? If it's a camel, the rich man might as well not even try. But if it's the yarn, he might well succeed with a lot of effort, you see?

Maggot calmed me down by explaining Bible stories were a category of superhero comics.

We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.

Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? It's not logical: it's psychological. And it's very real.

As clearly and objectively as we think we see things, we begin to realize that others see them differently from their own apparently equally clear and objective point of view. "Where we stand depends on where we sit.