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Re:The Revenge of the Philosophy Majors by amanaplanacanal on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @08:01AM (#48830802)
Which texts are internally coherent? The religion I grew up with certainly wasn't.
Re:The Revenge of the Philosophy Majors by metalspot on Thursday July 09, 2026 @09:14AM (#48845317)
How would you know? Are you an expert in the language and culture that its texts were originally written in? Even an expert would qualify their interpretation by saying that it is only an educated guess. Look at how easy it is for humans to misunderstand each other, even in direct verbal communication, then extend that to the level of misunderstanding in email and text messages. Now tell me how well you think modern people actually understand the meaning of something written thousands of years ago.