It's weird how he doesn't mention this, because you absolutely cannot do any research on hermeneutics without encountering sites about the modern application.Īgain, really good and entertaining videos, but I'd wish they where more critical of the iceberg (both in terms of what is and isn't conspiracies, and which of the conspiracies we know stuff about)Įdit: Also "Malta, Italy" made me chuckle as a EuropeanĢnd Edit: Watching more of the conspiracy videos, and more weird stuff pops up. The way Wendigoon presents it is pretty much only the more "spiritual" way of understanding the concept, and not at all how it's applied in academia today. Whether or not you agree with the method as an analytical tool is not my place to decide, but it's most certainly not a "conspiracy theory". While it is true that some form of Hermeneutics dates back to biblical times, the way in which most academics use hermeneutics nowadays follow in the footsteps of Heidegger, Schleiermacher, and Gadamer and emphazises a) the relationship between the whole of a text and its parts, and b) the circular motion of interpretation and understanding. It is very much not JUST biblical ways of interpreting texts. Well I'm not here to nitpick everything, just set the record slightly more straight regarding Hermeneutics. I mean things such as the 6th extinction or the "Holocene extinction" isn't a conspiracy theory you may agree or disagree but I think calling it a conspiracy theory would be wrong. Some of them also just straight up aren't conspiracy theories. Most of the "conspiracies" really just seem to be "Wack things people believe", and not really ideas about groups of people conspiring to do "x". "Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.First off, great videos I'm really enjoying them although I honestly think the "iceberg" itself is pretty. And it is these mistakes we are given a need to have a savior who can intervene and enlighten us in our pursuit of knowledge. The mysteries of life were never found in the a single place or mind set, rather they were built upon through considerable amounts of testing, effort, and mistakes. We are all on a journey and lucky for us, it requires we strive to understand the world around us. Christ never told his disciple to follow blindly, rather he told them to follow and learn of Him. I simply think God does have the wisdom to know our hearts and can tell between honest thinking versus the justification of acting outside His laws. We definingly have a great deal of literature and scriptures to tell us what He wants us to do. Don't take what I just said to mean we decide the laws of God. Remember that, because at the end of the day your pastor is not the one who suffered and died for you. The man seems kind and doing much better things with his life than most people his age. I also do not know enough about Wendigoon to judge him and nor would I like to be his judge. I personally disagree with him, but I myself have spent a good deal of my life studying religion to have developed a balance of what I believe is right and wrong. Your Pastor seems like a man who deeply cares about what he believes. I also don't find all his theories to be as on point to my own views as I would like, but I am quite glad he love what he does enough to make his videos. That said I do think it's unfortunate he phrased his response in the way he did - IMO there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a Christian, exploring the Bible from an academic point of view, and considering other historical documents that may have been written around the same time, especially considering how much Christianity has evolved since it startedįrom what I have seen from Wendigoon, I think he is chill enough to recognize when you need to simply agree to disagree. This spectrum comes with the territory since every pastor has a different style and curriculum, so you're bound to get a variety of opinions depending on who you talk to. I think it's worth noting that there's a spectrum amongst Christians, where on one end, there are people like your pastor who think in more absolute terms (and going a step further, they may believe that everything in the Bible should be taken literally), and on the other end there are people who recognize that the Bible is far more open to interpretation, where they try to consider both the context in which it would have been written and its relevance to society today. At the risk of sounding presumptuous, your pastor sounds like someone who believes the Bible is absolute - whatever is part of the canon that is worth teaching and understanding is fully contained in the Bible, and nothing outside of the Bible should be considered.
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