About Angellous (tradition, attending, preach, churches, scriptures)

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Moon Woman

a_e: bummer. something similar happened at a Synod convention once (back when i was lutheran) resulting in a big missouri synod schism. it was a bloody battle but at least it was voted on at the congregational level and was over fairly quickly...

we are presby's now and there were rumblings around the PCA last yr similar to what happened with the Episcopalians. I wonder is it this way in every single denomination? it's enough to make me yearn for the relative peace of eastern orthodoxy sometimes.

They have their scandals, too, but I'm rather ignorant about denomenation-wide control issues that disable Baptists.

Every Protestant denomenation that has a conservative wing is going to divide over either homosexuality or women in ministry, depending on how strong the conservative tendancies are. It's unfortunate but completely inevitable, considering how the Protestants have organized themselves denomenationally and which issues they have chosen to focus on.

[angellous_evangellous]

*clears throat*

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Captain Civic

So throughout your study, you've decided to focus mostly on NT?

Yes, I focused on the NT in every aspect of my studies.

[Captain Civic]

From your scholarly point of view, and out of interest in how you'd respond, do you think there are enough holes in the Bible to discredit it? (I'm mostly referring to OT). If so, why are you a Christian?

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Captain Civic

From your scholarly point of view, and out of interest in how you'd respond, do you think there are enough holes in the Bible to discredit it?
(I'm mostly referring to OT).

My scholarly study of the Bible has helped me develop a view as to what the Bible is. One thing that it is not is a modern science or history textbook which is accurate in everything that it addresses in the natural or historical world. It's also not a perfectly preserved book that indicates that it is inerrant or infalliable as the words of God. It's also not a humanistic system of ethics or morality. Yes, there are more than enough holes in the Bible to discredit any of these points which have been used as propaganda by the Church (positively - denial of "holes") and by unbelievers (negatively - exploiting "holes").

What the Bible is - in my opinion - is a collection of myths concerning the nature of God and musings on God's interaction in history.

If so, why are you a Christian?

I am a Christian because I am captivated by the promise of redemption in Christ.

[Darkness]

Originally Posted by angellous_evangellous

What the Bible is - in my opinion - is a collection of myths concerning the nature of God and musings on God's interaction in history.

Would you say things like forcing a girl to marry her rapist (Deuteronomy 22:28-29) and genocide (1 Samuel 15:3) are accurate representations of the Will of God?

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Originally Posted by Darkness

Would you say things like forcing a girl to marry her rapist (Deuteronomy 22:28-29) and genocide (1 Samuel 15:3) are accurate representations of the Will of God?

I hope not. Nevertheless, God died for God's sins. Process Theology of the Cross

[Darkness]

Originally Posted by my daddy

I hope not. Nevertheless, God died for God's sins. Process Theology of the Cross

Quite interesting