Finding a Morally Upright College

mythmom
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:14:58 +0000

There are so many internal contradictions in the Bible I don’t think anyone could follow all its precepts even if one had a mind to do so.

Therefore, there must always be selective adherence. If this is so, why not select those parts that embrace the entire human family? Why cling to admonitions that exclude some of our brothers and sisters and moralistically judge their behavior?

As JHS put it, there is individual responsibility in those precepts selected and adhered to.

In terms of public policy there is no justification for using the Bible as an authority.

For me personally there is no reason to uniquely embrace the Bible as the received word of God. Its contents parallel wisdom literature from many cultures. For me, the Bible is not the received word of God in any way (but my personal conviction are not of extreme relevance here – just mentioning it.) Even if it is, it is obviously filtered through the limited understanding of human beings or it wouldn’t contain so many contradictions.

Oh, and I think this thread continues because people want to discuss the issues contained in it. I don’t see the problem there.