A Few Things to Discuss (A Bit Long)

[BobRyan]

This was someone else's response to the question "When the Bible talks about wine, does it mean alcoholic wiine?

"First, understand people will adjust the literal translations of the Bible in order to hear what they want to hear. They will also interpret the words of the Bible based off of their own definitions"

There is a lot to be said for exegesis when applying the sola scriptura method of testing all claims... I like it rather than "whatever you wish is what the Bible says" or "whatever my magisterium wishes is what the Bible says"