Words Have No Meaning...

We live in a post modern age. We live in a time where we are taught that words are what you make them to be.

Students in the Universities are being told that words are like containers...they are empty until you fill them up. Now, you may decide to fill your container with apple juice, iced tea, or any other number of tasty drinks...but in the end the container just holds the goods...you decide what goes in.

So when you read or hear something...its up to you to give those words meaning...you may interpret the words one way...and someone else may decide to fill up the words [interpret] with something different. We are told that this is all good!

Skeptics of Christianity bring this type of thinking into their critiques of the Bible.

"Thats just your interpretation" I have heard times without number.

We are told that we really can't know what the Bible says...because words are so unreliable to transmit real meaning.

Is this really the case? To find out if something is really legit...try and see if it is consistent with itself.

A teacher tells his/her class that words are unreliable transmitters of truth, knowledge and meaning...but does this teacher really believe this...duh!

If they did, why would they be telling you this knowledge via the use of words?

If words have no meaning and you and I can make words say anything I want...then you and I could never really know the truth that words have no meaning and that you and I can make them say anything we want.

When the teacher says this tripe...he/she isn't assuming the class has just interpreted her words in 100 different ways...ending up with a recipe for a banana split in one students head, and a sequel for Moby Dick in another students thinking...

The teacher chose words that had certain meaning to them, and projected those words to listening ears to lead them in the direction he/she wanted to lead them.

Words have absolute meaning. The Bible teaches us God's truths via words...and these words are what God means in them...and not anything we want them to be.

If a student ever wants to see if the teacher really believes all this nonsense about making words say what you want...then the next time you get a "D" or an "F" on your test...just cross it out and say you interpreted that symbol to be an A+...you will soon see that your teacher does NOT believe his/her own theories...in the real world.