Comments on: Vile Sinners https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-7054 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:18:11 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/#comment-7054 Kim, what I’m saying is that in this context, “vilest” might just mean “very vile.”

]]> By: Eric https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-7052 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:11:39 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/#comment-7052 I have always thought this meant they were committing serious sins. Not all sins are of equal weight in my opinion.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-7043 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:32:08 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/#comment-7043 “The meaning I get is that they felt really bad about having done really bad things, and were really grateful to be redeemed from those sins.”

So you’re leaning toward the first question I posed?

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-7037 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:41:42 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/#comment-7037 Why doesn’t it make sense though? I thnk Kim’s question is valid. What exactly is meant by vile? Their exact behaviour, or the meaning behind it? To what extent is it meant? What’s wrong with asking those questions? Enquiring minds want to know.

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-7035 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:29:46 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/#comment-7035 Yes. But you also have to ask whether the questions make complete sense. In this case, I just doubt that it makes sense to look for extremely precise meaning in the word “vilest.” But I could be wrong.

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-7030 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:51:01 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/#comment-7030 Well, we weren’t making an interpretation, just posing the question. Like, what might this mean in reality? Why would these questions be a result of too-close reading? Studying the scriptures and asking questions like this helps one understand them better, don’t you think?

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-7028 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:55:51 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/#comment-7028 I actually think these questions are the result of too-close reading and parsing of the passage. The meaning I get is that they felt really bad about having done really bad things, and were really grateful to be redeemed from those sins. They felt really obliged to do all they could to make up for those actions. As to whether the superlative was technically correct, or exactly where the superlative should be applied, that’s probably just going too far with the interpretation.

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/comment-page-1/#comment-7027 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:51:28 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/10/vile-sinners/#comment-7027 Has no one ever thought about this before? No thoughts? Kim and I were discussing this the other night, and I don’t have an answer, but I would really like to hear what others think about this.

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