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Makes sense. Awareness of death, death anxiety, should motivate people to use the time they have. Not rationalize methods of escape.

Deep down VPW, as an NPD, hated himself the most.

The "origin" of scripture was likely verbal, not written. If that's what's being pointed to.

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That is how he ended "The Class"? How mysterious. So it sounds like "The Teacher" grew out of essentially nothing. Signed, The Poster

Where'd this label of "The Teacher" come from? Asking for a friend.

I think others have already said the scripture exists alongside living humans. Suggesting a book be read as a closed system induces a maddening myopia. Outside of The Way I think there is a history as why this happens, but that is politics. VPW had a different need entirely. And it wasn't to free anyone.

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You are thankful for being spoon-fed. That's what that someone wanted, was people willing to be spoon-fed. To be predictable. To be controllable. You are thankful to give up your autonomy. Imagine a democracy with people like that.

I agree. As a piece of literature, and therefore art, the Bible is an expression of/by many people throughout time. No singular voice expresses what it attempts. As an NPD, VPW was incapable of that thought. His lens had to force all thoughts through a singular mold.

Annnd . . . . . Soooo . . . . . Did they interpret themselves?

"Scripture interprets itself" could act as an anchoring phrase. Something to kept in mind if a person , . . I mean a scripture . . . Gets difficult

*difficult verses Difficult verse in light of a clear verse Like a person being difficult and a person being clear, or not difficult Thanks again Mike. You didn't let the verses interpret themselves, gave your private interpretation, and now I have a new phrase to get all worked up about.

One situation that irritated me was the Retemories involving kids. Claim a verse about a kid, Eph 6:1 or Proverbs 22:6 and BOOM, kid's decisions are made for them. Someone claims a verse, another person's life is controlled. The verse interprets itself . . . no need to question it . . . everyone's hands are tied. Anyone claiming a verse is free of all responsibility of the outcome. Because it's not privately interpreted. Nonsense phrases are not nonsense. They are a tool for control.

Now I'm picturing people holding up Retemories like Pokemon cards . . . You're supposed to apply each verse to situations in life . . . . . . . Life situation comes up . . . pull a card and throw it at the problem You gotta catch them all . . . because you gotta catch 'em all . . . because . . . you gotta catch 'em all . . . because If you throw a card at a situation and it fails . . . YOU threw the WRONG card. The Word. The Word. Nothing but The Word.

Maybe that's what retemories are for. Repeat, repetition. Verse . . . over and over and over and over and over and over. If you gaze long enough into scripture . . eventually . . . Scripture stares back

DNA is naturally occurring information. It does not interpret itself. Mistakes in replication are made, mutations occur, and intentional genetic variation occurs at multiple levels. Molecular systems are in place to fix some of the mistakes as well. Good luck identifying what it all looked like in the original, though.

Yes! I was thinking of how some things have multiple meanings . . . or can be viewed multiple ways . . . and none those ways are wrong. Art and Poetry would be examples.

The Word. The Word. Nothing but the Word. Your mentioning of agency reminds me of the Law of Believing, where God is lacking in the whole agency department. I forgot exactly how PFAL was laid out. But, the "scripture" in "scripture interprets itself" could be a means to subtley introduce the Word taking the place of the absent Christ. Not just that but the use of "The Word" as VPW's god. His personal superego in Fruedian terms.

Avoiding something?

That was one thing they wouldn't let you check out of the library Literal according to usage. You could look at it. I was always perplexed how it could exist and not be distributed. But. . . . . . Does literal according to usage interpret itself? . . .

Be ye doers and not hearers only. Or something. Any SOP (standard operating procedure) looks good on paper. I was wondering how the illiterate could do the Word, but I guess they could hear it. The Word is written in the stars (according to TWI). It interprets itself. Just look up. What's not to get?

https://www.reddit.com/r/puns/comments/ilv3ob/right_to_bear_arms/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x

That panda bear should have a gun. Considering here in the US, we each have a right to bear arms. But without their arms, how would they climb trees? Self defense is critical to the bear population. There's no argument about what that all means though. Because thankfully, a living document like the Constitution interprets itself.

Living Document Wikipedia Link The Living Word Speaks? Not the Dead Sea Scrolls Up? Scripture Interprets It-self. VPW treated the bible as a dead document. Getting "back" to the original intent. That was the whole promise. Scripture interprets itself . . . that's why God had to explain it to VPW so he could teach it to others for a tiny fee and a lifetime commitment. Cause someone has to explain how God had to explain that VPW had to explain that no explanation is necessary.