More wisdom from Karl Keating

Actually, both reason and experience tell us the Bible could not have been intended as each man’s private guide to the truth. . . . Christians have understood contradictory things from Scripture—even Christians whose ‘born-again’ experiences cannot be doubted. Indeed, fundamentalists often differ among themselves on what the Bible means. They may agree on most major points, but the frequency and vehemence of their squabbles on lesser matters, which should be just as clear if the Holy Spirit is enlightening them, prove the sacred text cannot explain itself.

—Karl Keating from Catholicism and Fundamentalism