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Why Accurate Bible Interpretation Matters

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The Six Blind Men of Hindustan

The question is not really first of all epistemological. It's to say what do we believe about God? What sort of God is he? Many of you know of this poem and perhaps you've I think Don Carson has used an illustration with this poem, but that little dog girl poem called the six blind men of Hindustan. One of them touches the side and this is a wall and another one touches the ear and says it's a fan. Another one grabs his trunk and says it’s a rope. And the point of this little poem is this is what we're all like with religion. We're just blind men. The whole story is told from the position

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