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My problem is Mel Gibson's over confidence that his vision is THE right vision. The bible was written almost 2000 years ago in another language by authors we still are not sure were actually alive during the time of Christ. But beyond this, because I know there are many people who believe the Bible is literal and that everything in the Bible happened exactly as it described, every piece of human writing fact or fiction, modern or ancient is open to some level of interpretation. Unless you can speak to the author you don't know if he uses the same words as you do in the same way. And this is before you even take into account translation.
And personally (this is definitely a lot more subjective) I think its very un-Christian for anyone to think they can interpet God/Christ so accurately and precisely. For one to think they can so clearly understand the vision of God and further to believe they can interpret it with no error is in effect deifying themselves and that is wrong. As a Catholic this has always been the center of my inner conflict about remaining a Catholic (and why I have had problems with varying other sects and faiths).
We are constantly told all humans have faults and sins but the bible written by humans has no errors in it and humans who have read it and interpretted each insist they have made no errors in their interpretation. How are these ideas not conflicting?
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