Mary Healy How To Interpret The Bible Analysis

The extra credit opportunity I chose to attend was: “How to Interpret The Bible” presented by Mary Healy. This lecture was held in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. I, coming from a religious Christian background did not think I would learn anything that I did not already know, but I was very mistaken. It was very evident to me that Mrs. Healy knew a great deal about the subject matter from the beginning of her delivery. She began by talking about the two different senses that the Bible is interpreted in the spiritual and literal sense. The literal sense, has little need for explantation because it essentially means reading the Bible and taking everything it says to be in a literal sense. On the contrary, we find that the spiritual sense we can discover different meanings of the words that are written in God’s word. …show more content…
I thought that this topic was very relevant to the study of religion because it helps give insight of the different meanings that the Christian Bible has to offer. As stated early, Mrs. Healy was very educated on the topic she was presenting to her audience. She gave a few very interesting arguments against those who discredit the Bible by showing how differentiating interpretations can substantially skew the view of whoever reads it; thus ushering in the importance of how the Bible should be interpreted. Overall I was glad I attended this lecture as it gave me a more in depth way of looking at the way I should analyze the Bible when I read