gambit
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Not very clear.If the problem is the interpretation and interpreter? how can it be the problem of Original TEXT or Source?
2 + 2 = 4
Clear. No room for interpretations.
If I say that I will meet at 5-ish o'clock. The number five is a reference point and going forward, not backward. It mean my time will be between 5:01 and 5:59. But most people will interpret that to be within 30 min. Anything beyond 5:30 or even 5:15 and it would be rude on my part.
So called 'holy books' are not like that. And yes, we humans have the right to demand the window of interpretation to be within that quarter, not the whole. The greater that window, the greater the odds of abuse of 'holy' texts. And that is what we have in history to today.