If an ancient historical document contained a reference to Satyrs, would you:?

D) consider the text as an artifact of its time and culture, test it against other documents and the archaeological evidence and judge that on the balance of probability after trying to understand the perspective and purpose of the author.

my atheist perspective.

Sorry, none is MY reasonable choice. Curiously, yesterday I spent some time reading a historical document about an Irish witch who lived in Mexico among some shamans during the colonial times. She was burned by Inquisition authorities because she claimed to talk to the Devil and wrote some prophecies at the city's walls. The document contains some witnesses' vivid descriptions of demons and some magic events. Were them true or not? who knows?

My sacred texts are full of references to Satyrs, Centaurs & Cyclops and none of the above applies. The Greek Myths are religious truth clothed in poetry, they're not supposed to be taken as literal fact.

"Dismiss the entire document because modern science knows Satyrs aren't real, therefore the entire document is false. (Atheist perspective)"

What an interesting view on the "atheist perspective".

Does becoming a catholic also require you to bend truth and reality to make your P.O.V. look better? I'm just wondering.

Like maximum different Biblical drivel it is allegorical and to not be taken actually as historic previous. it is the finished thought of purity and freedom from "preliminary sin" that's being touted right here. so far because of the fact the purity thought is going...Why did the Bible difficulty to have her be married if that replaced into/is a controversy? it is yet another attempt by ability of the Church to administration human nature. women human beings like adult adult males have desires in many circumstances will, can, and do act upon them...Its organic to prefer to procreate. With appreciate to preliminary sin if Adam and Eve have been the only individuals on earth than there could be far fewer individuals around with many extra mutations and issues from inbreeding than we at present have. finally, Jesus is fake and unproven in words even all the way down to his very existence and however if he did exist the finished of Christianity is fake. The justification for why Christianity is fake is easy and in some areas: First Jesus in basic terms met 80 5-ninety% of the factors to be Messiah; would not God (assuming there is one) require a hundred% compliance? 2d: on condition that Jews are nonetheless right here and residing it stands to reason that he wasn't Messiah fabric. final yet not least what all Christians & Jews don't get is sparkling as day...the Jews functionality residing respiratory penance for the sins of humanity and if there have been in certainty a Jesus he died for not something (treason, claimed to be Godlike while in basic terms the Roman Emperor could make that declare). it is the chosen human beings aka the Jews who go through steadily on the palms of alternative(s) who will supposedly ascend first to maintain the pearlies while the rapture happens. All of that's sparkling in Biblical words and totally supported there even with the e book being not something extra beneficial than a fariy tale (OT expcepted as there is a few historic information/hyperlinks to 3 of it being actual...a historic previous of the classic Hebrew human beings {word I mentioned Hebrew human beings and not Jews because of the fact the religion isn't a similar because of the fact the folk}).

The only reasonable choice is D)

"This is a mistranslation of the Hebrew phrase widely recognized to have the meaning 'he goat'. The mistranslation was performed by individuals who believed in the existence of satyrs."

Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com/

You forgot some other options:

Treat it as allegory.

Treat it as taking an unreliable second-hand account on faith.

Mistranslation (e.g. Lilith to screech owl on the same book)

Dismiss it as history given the passage is written in the future tense.

First half of C - Although I loved the second half. It made me lol.

i'll take c.i think you know why.