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Originally Posted by Marulus
On the other hand, Israel could be taken in a spiritual sense, allegorically, as symbolizing the entire humanity, a part whereof accepts God's messages (a small part of those who did not bow their knees before the idol of Baal) and another (bigger) part outright rejects it.
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That would break with the overall terminology and tendency in that chapter, and it would certainly be a very clumsy manner of expression.
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Originally Posted by Marulus
There is no entirely "ubiased" exegesis and enquiry.
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I think that an honest attempt at discerning what the New Testament says is way to go. References to how the Catholic church interpreted the New Testament is not even an attempt at unbiased exegesis. If you don't want to get into it, I respect your reluctance, but that's not an argument against my interpretation of the New Testament.
If the Catholic church so strongly insists that Christians don't read what the New Testament says, then they should perhaps prohibit Catholics from reading it. To say that the New Testament cannot be interpreted by an independent inquirer is simply to say:
-Get lost! It's
my book!
I don't take that attitude seriously.