Margaret Atwood claimed that "The answers you get from literature depend upon the question you pose."
Is this true?
It may be true of some literary forms, but certainly not of the Scriptures. The Scriptures present the answer and then we deal with the problem. It does, I'll admit, present the problem as well, but the Scriptures are certainly more about answers and not about questions. Questions will inevitably arrive - we do not have the mind of God (or a strong grasp on it). But the answers the Bible presents do not depend on the questions we pose, rather our questions should depend on the answers it does pose. I think I'm not making much sense, but it sort of (not fully) makes sense in my mind.
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