Against LSM's Allegorizing

[ZNPaaneah]

Originally Posted by Igzy

I do have not problem with poetry and symbolism. I have a problem with thinking we can define the meaning of every symbol in the Bible and be certain what each one means. Trying to take every little image in the Song of Songs an wring meaning out of it seems extreme.

You've read some interpretations of songs and poems, the original artists often marvel at what listeners and readers come up with. As Freud said, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Sometimes Picasso is just a six year old kid scrawling on the wall.