'If scriptures were not open for interpretation… they would not continue to guide people'

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Philosopher, Kwame Anthony Appiah argues that the openness of religious texts is not a "bug" but a "feature" for guiding people over long periods. He suggests that scriptures that do not adapt are very often abandoned, in the first of the 2016 BBC Reith Lectures, Creed. First broadcast 18 October 2016.