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  • From: Daniel Purisch <daniel.purisch AT gmail.com>
  • To: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Faith and fact
  • Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:01:56 -0700

Dear Yigal,

I'd prefer the formulation that faith interprets the facts. This group, of course, is for the facts, while it is the individual's responsibility and obligation to discern their meaning. That doesn't necessary mean inventing reality to fill the gaps; it means synthesizing and developing a consistent world view. Let's not continue on this subject however, lest we venture outside our agreed purview.

Kol tuv,
Daniel Purisch



On Jul 23, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Yigal Levin wrote:


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryant J. Williams III" <bjwvmw AT com-pair.net>
To: "Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>; "b-hebrew"
<b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Dinah raped?


Dear Yigal,

It is not a statement of faith if it is based on fact.

What is? "That the Bible has an intrisic 'true' meaning, which previous
generations simply did not understand but which we now do"? That's FACT and
not faith?


It is a statement of
faith if it is not based on fact. Faith and fact (knowledge, reason) go
hand
in hand. The one cannot exist without the other.

No. One uses faith in order to fill in the gaps in fact. "Reason" is a
matter of faith.

Yigal Levin



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