Ben Caplan - Truth doesnt live in a book

Everybody knows that the Bible is full of wisdom.^G The Good Book is great!^C But 3000 ^Dyears of disputes and debates have shown that it was written in such a way that it inherently requires intensive, rigorous and constant in-ter-pre-tation^G. Did you know that when the Bible was given it was delivered ^Calong with an oral tradition which at the ^Dtime was expressively forbidden to be written ^Gdown? ^DNow the ^Greason why, I submit, must be is that it was to ^Cprevent undue rigidity. You see, the ^DBible is a ^D7living work that needs to ^Dbr^Geathe ^Din order to stay alive. Now I ^Ghope my approach won't be seen as hand-fisted, and we ^Call know that words get distorted and twisted. But it is ^Dmy ^D7contention that some of the best bits were not written d^Gown.

^GAlways have a little bit of salt with your tequila, ^Cdon't smoke your stash if you're gonna be a dealer, ^D7try to drink at least eight cups of ^Dwater every ^Gday,^{D G}always keep your hockey stick on the ice, ^Cif you want to cut once you better measure twice, ^D7there's no such thing as a ^Dlunch that's really ^Gfree.^B7

^EmAn eye for an eye means fair conversation ^Amit doesn't mean take up bombs with another nation, ^D7anything written down can be twisted ^Gapart,^{B7 Em}don't be ashamed to talk about your mental health, ^Amtry to love your neighbour like you love yourself, ^D7that one's in there, but it always ^Ggets ^B7forgotten.

^CTruth doesn't live in a ^Gbook, ^Dyou find it in the little ^Emsurprises. ^CThe good book is only a ^Glense to focus the ^Dview. ^CJustice for ^Gall is ^Dcomposed of the ugliest ^Emcompromises. ^CYou can't only look at the ^Glense, you got to look ^B7through.

^CYou've got to live in the ^Gworld to ^D7get to the ^Gtruth.