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Originally Posted by aron
A "correlation" and an "inference". Objectively speaking, an interpretation. Not 'truth'. Certainly not scripture. Every interpretation should be tested, if it is of the imagination (colored by ignorance, bias, and self- interest) or if it were truly of God and worthy of guiding the assembly.
To be fair, Drake said it was a construction of the human mind. To repeat, I believe this mind was not led by the Holy Spirit, but was rather at a point in religious history, and was struggling thru a Protestant dilemma (OSAS &c). Not the first to do so.
There is a reason James said, "Do not be many teachers". The hermeneutical world of LSM is case in point. (Ja 3:1) It reminds me nothing so much as the story of the old lady who swallowed the fly. But of course, that is inference. A correlation perceived by my human mind.
Hope that helps.
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Interpretation would have been a better choice of word than imagination.
The thought of unicorns and rainbows while reading a parable is an imagination. Comparing two or more parables and then drawing a conclusion is correlation.