To: Berry Picker who wrote (33614 ) 10/18/2002 6:37:22 PM From: Stan Read Replies (1) | Respond to I hold to the principle that the plain sense of the text is to be taken unless the context gives a clear indication or explanation that it is figurative or that a figure of speech, such as a synecdoche, is being used. Further, all verses that deal with a subject must be examined before arriving at a conclusive doctrine. Bringing the jury in on subjects without an examination of all pertinent statements is presumptive. Since we are discussing the Word, such methods must be even more rigorously shunned. handful of verses to be accepted literally, which may have viable alternative explanations, hundreds of other verses throughout scripture must be relegated to a figurative status and according to your position must not be plainly taken ! I find this arbitrary and prejudicial.
