[metmom]

As best I can gather, these people think that the Bible needs to be explained by professional clergy much the same way Tom Brokaw says the media should ‘filter’ the news for us.

I'm rather amused by those who claim that the Bible is too hard to understand, therefore needs an interpreter so that it's not misunderstood.

Problem is, then, who is going to interpret the interpretation to make sure the interpretation is not misunderstood?

And so it goes, turtles all the way down........

I think God can speak for Himself.

Amen, and do it in such a way as to make Himself clearly understood. There is so much of the Bible that is easy enough for a child to understand, that if one even ignored all the *hard* parts, one could spend a lifetime getting to know God better just from what they DO understand.

[verga]

I'm rather amused by those who claim that the Bible is too hard to understand, therefore needs an interpreter so that it's not misunderstood.

Would that include the Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts 20