Show HN: I made a new kind of Bible app
This isn't specific to the Bible (although it's prevalent in that community), but I've never understood why it's seen as so important to understand what the original authors of literature meant or intended. They're fallible like everyone else, and therefore might be wrong. To me it seems like it would make far more sense to focus on seeking the best conclusions using the source material as inspiration, rather than treating the source material as an authority and seeking to understand exactly what they meant.In terms of impacting people's lives for good, I definitely feel like religions are at their best when they are inspiratory, and at their worst when they try to impose authority.