more on peter i wrote that i thought that peter meant no prophecy of scripture or as one reader suggests no written prophecy is merely the private opinion of the writer tony zamora replies sat may that this in turn implies that it is not subject to the private interpretation of the reader either i am not sure that i understand this in one sense no statement by another is subject to my private interpretation if reliable historians tell me that the athenians lost the pelopennesian war i cannot simply interpret this away because i wanted the athenians to win facts are facts and do not go away because i want them to be otherwise in another sense every statement is subject to private interpretation in that i have to depend on my brains and expereience to decide what it means and whether it is sufficiently well attested to merit my assent even if the statement occurs in an inspired writing i still have to decide using my own best judgement whether it is in fact inspired this is not arrogance it is just an inescapable fact yours james kiefer
