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Originally Posted by awareness

hermeneutic (adj.)

"interpretive," 1670s, from Latinized form of Greek hermeneutikos "of or for interpreting," from hermeneutes "interpreter," from hermeneuein "to interpret (foreign languages); interpret into words, give utterance to," a word of unknown origin (formerly considered ultimately a derivative of Hermes, as the tutelary divinity of speech, writing, and eloquence).

Hermeneutic sounds like a board game. Maybe it was, in classical Greek days, back when Hermes was the messenger of the gods.

Makes sense. To Christians hermeneutics is the delivery of the meaning of the words of God.

But it hasn't helped. It's just made it all the more confusing. There's too many of them. All the voices drown out all the messages. The message is like a needle in a haystack. We need a magnet to find it.

So hermeneutics actually hides the message. We're past hermeneutics. Now we need magnēs lithos.

The Greeks did this to us. First they gave us hermeneutikos, then they discovered magnetite, so we could find a needle in a haystack.

If we need Gods' words explained we're in trouble. Cuz we're too dense, for God to speak to us in plain words. And hermeneutics don't help.

But they are as much fun as a board game. Some think more fun than video games. The joke's on them. They have hermeneutics of video games. Keep magnēs lithos away from them.

I'll say this for you:whereas you're not alone In your love of ignorance on this forum, you're the only one that comes out and argues for it.