So many people take the religious works of our day literally, yet it seems that much of it, is not meant to be taken literally and if it were, there are significant issues with the current definitions of the words today with the uses of those words in the previous periods in which they were written. We should all therefore be careful not to read too much into these the Religious Literature of former times and be extremely careful in the interpretation of the meanings.

Recently on an online forum Think Tank; a biblical scholar, albeit totally self-proclaimed made some harsh comments about a particular religion. He came up with some truly bizarre interpretations. These self-professed religious nuts are the best and funniest of all, as they come up with some real do zees sometimes indeed. He stated to the Think Tank that it was very important that we all ran over to his Blog right away; "Please see my blog and then decide.” Once on his Blog he had written "Look at the hidden Advent Site and you will see that purify (a misuse of the biblical meaning) means BURN WITH FIRE!!!!”

He tricked us I thought, but then I see there is a lesson here you know. You see, of course this is the problem with literal interpretations over time, the meanings change. But isn't this true in all religions? All works of literature, which have been turned into religious doctrines? Can yo

u think of a religion or religious work, which is not riddled with ambiguity or hypocrisy? On this online forum think tank site there is a section for Religion, perhaps he might wish to discuss this issue in greater depth and compare this to other religions or discuss the implications of potential misuse of biblical meaning or literature. When we mentioned this, he would not participate so there is not a lot a think tank can do with a religious nut case like that now is there?

Indeed it is always of interest to discuss problematic eventualities, which rear their heads when using religious belief systems to guide one's life experience or direction of a group, nation, culture, civilization or World direction, don't you think? What are your thoughts on literal interpretations of religious literature? Think on this in 2006.

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