Reply #19: Yah, but Michelangelo could have put horns on Mary's [View All]

knees and it would have been brilliant. (I know that's not your point...). Thank you for your insight and knowledge. I've been reading that the Bible was originally written in a classical (archaic? not sure if that's the right word) of both Hebrew and Greek, but I had yet to find an explanation - so thank you.

I completely agree with you on context, meaning, history - and I love your last paragraph...

It reinforces and perpetuates one of the things I'm most confused about, which is how subjective interpretation gets itself turned in to what I have basically assumed to be a largely secular (not sure if that's the right word) and deliberately separate of government and it's rule of law...

I know, there is swearing on the Bible for just about every elected official, swearing to God that testimony is truthful, it's in our national songs and on our money.... but I do believe the Founders (think it was them) who realized the importance the whole church/state thing... The Constitution is an amazing document - which we also do not take literally (at least in certain respects, as the specifics aren't acceptable in the literal sense, today...

I see a huge difference between the ritual formality of a senator swearing to God on his/her Bible to fulfill the duties of public service, and legislation being enacted or the Constitution amended and made into law based on the belief that the Bible demands that it's rules be followed (or, at least the ones in fashion at any given moment) by everyone whether they worship the Bible or not, see a different interpretation or practice Buddhism or Muslim faith in the privacy of their own homes, or who don't practice or follow anything but their own moral compass.

But I have many more questions and theories - religion an absolutely engrossing thing to study and discuss... : )