Hi Doves,

 

Another good article worth reading by Chris Putnam:

 

It is because of this sort of error that the term eisegesis was coined. It means reading meaning into a text rather than reading a meaning from a text. Its really so bad its hard to know where to start but I bolded two major errors. First, when Jesus said the he would come on the clouds with great glory he was referencing the son of Man passage in Daniel’s vision (Dan 7:13). He indeed identified himself as divine. Yet, Pope Benedict seems to deny that Jesus is speaking of cosmic judgment at His return. Yet that is exactly what he is speaking of, in fact, he was answering a question about the signs of his coming and (in direct contradiction to the infallible pope) the end of the world. Doesn’t it seem odd that Jesus is addressing the very thing the pope says he is not? And finally, the pontiff just abandons the text entirely and spins it toward Romanist heresy with this canard, "before this Word each of us is responsible for his conduct. It is on this basis that we will be judged." Anyone who is judged on his conduct will be cast into eternal hell...Read More: http://www.logosapologia.org/?p=4363

 

In Him always

 

Carl Berryman