chuck010342
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fragmentsofdreams said:Most obviously, one needs help to understand the language, either by learning Greek and Hebrew or using a translation. Then, one needs to learn more about the history and cultures of the ancient Near East to better understand what is going on. The assistance of other Christians is vital to being able to learn from their mistakes and avoid the problems that they ran into.
Quite right but truth is found in the scripture first everything else just helps us to understand what is already there. We as humans are not perfect nor do we have infinate knowledge but God does. We start with the scripture revealed by God as the truth but to better understand that proof we need translations and so forth but the ideas in scripture do not come from men but rather God.