29 Aug 08
Originally posted by LemonJelloInfallible = foolproof, flawless, perfect, reliable, without error, watertight, dependable etc
I sometimes hear people refer to certain written accounts (e.g., the bible) as "infallible". What does it mean to say that some written account is "infallible"?
Therefore the word should never be used when referring to the bible, which is obviously full of errors, contradictions, ambiguities, misrepresentations etc
Unless of course in the context of…… the bible is NOT infallible
29 Aug 08
Originally posted by LemonJelloIt basically means the speaker is practicing willful ignorance regarding the process of transmitting orature into text, postulating instead deus ex machina.
I sometimes hear people refer to certain written accounts (e.g., the bible) as "infallible". What does it mean to say that some written account is "infallible"?
29 Aug 08
Originally posted by LemonJelloIt means that in the context of their belief there is no greater weight given to any other evidence. I suppose it's like wanting to know surety, it is very comforting.
I sometimes hear people refer to certain written accounts (e.g., the bible) as "infallible". What does it mean to say that some written account is "infallible"?
Like people can 'witness' someone 'levitating', as long as they believe it to be so, it is so.
29 Aug 08
Originally posted by LemonJelloIt means that the account is true account ie contains no lies, falsehoods etc. Most people who use it in reference to the Bible tend to leave unexplained or deliberately overlook the issues relating to translation, version and interpretation. It is an undeniable fact that any writting of length of less than perfect legal language is subject to multiple interpretations and therefore simply cannot be infalible in all possible interpretations (and most people will admit as such.)
I sometimes hear people refer to certain written accounts (e.g., the bible) as "infallible". What does it mean to say that some written account is "infallible"?
The issue with the Bible, is that the people who claim it is infalible, and use their own interpretation as the supposedly infalible interpretation, usually cannot give an infalible method for detemining the infalible interpretation.
29 Aug 08
Originally posted by twhiteheadMost of 'em don't have a chance in the pages of Faulkner, Joyce, Pynchon, Kundera, Rushdie, ... Yet, they wanna instruct me how to read.
The issue with the Bible, is that the people who claim it is infalible, and use their own interpretation as the supposedly infalible interpretation, usually cannot give an infalible method for detemining the infalible interpretation.
29 Aug 08
Originally posted by timebombtedMost bibles aren't even watertight.
Infallible = foolproof, flawless, perfect, reliable, without error, watertight, dependable etc
Therefore the word should never be used when referring to the bible, which is obviously full of errors, contradictions, ambiguities, misrepresentations etc
Unless of course in the context of…… the bible is NOT infallible