re: #507 Guanxi88

Well, that’s just silly. They exist as texts no matter what else they are. They are perfectly open to textual analysis as well as theological analysis.

I like the Bible. I get a great deal from reading it. The Book of Job is one of the greatest literary achievements of all time, and one of the most poignant stories about fate and humanity.

You seem to be claiming the only possible analysis of religious texts is by the faithful of those texts. Does this mean that anyone commenting on what’s contained inside the Koran who is not a faithful Muslim cannot possibly have a correct interpretation?

Or do you just need to be some form of theist to comment on religious texts meaningfully?