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...having not met the author?
Fireball: I'm not necessarily talking about the Bible. I mean any Book. What if such a Book falls in your lap, and you obey it, thereby becoming a new Prophet, bringing the Word to whomever will listen?
Peabody: I'm certainly not trying to imply it isn't noble to follow precedent or a hallowed opinion of one's forebears, but assume for this scenario that this Book falls from the sky out of nowhere, and that this Book has never touched the earth until now.
Tectonic French Toast: For purposes of this example, assume that the Book hits you squarely in the head, and you hear a receding voice echo, "...Respect... mah... authoritaaaay.....!"
CindyComesBack: Well, if you had to, you could learn enough medical knowledge through learning to be a doctor yourself, or if you had to reading up on human anatomy and physiology, and reproduce the steps that the doctor / author would take to diagnose and relieve illness.
Could the same be said for whoever supposedly wrote this Book? I mean sure, the moral lessons can be reproduced; if an ancient beggar obeyed the commandment to not steal, and some homeless person today did the same for the same reason, for example. But if this Book described creation of heaven and earth, describing events which are beyond our ability to reproduce?
Fireball: I'm not necessarily talking about the Bible. I mean any Book. What if such a Book falls in your lap, and you obey it, thereby becoming a new Prophet, bringing the Word to whomever will listen?
Peabody: I'm certainly not trying to imply it isn't noble to follow precedent or a hallowed opinion of one's forebears, but assume for this scenario that this Book falls from the sky out of nowhere, and that this Book has never touched the earth until now.
Tectonic French Toast: For purposes of this example, assume that the Book hits you squarely in the head, and you hear a receding voice echo, "...Respect... mah... authoritaaaay.....!"
CindyComesBack: Well, if you had to, you could learn enough medical knowledge through learning to be a doctor yourself, or if you had to reading up on human anatomy and physiology, and reproduce the steps that the doctor / author would take to diagnose and relieve illness.
Could the same be said for whoever supposedly wrote this Book? I mean sure, the moral lessons can be reproduced; if an ancient beggar obeyed the commandment to not steal, and some homeless person today did the same for the same reason, for example. But if this Book described creation of heaven and earth, describing events which are beyond our ability to reproduce?