tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422841.post2574060634920638523..comments2023-05-22T03:18:18.107-06:00Comments on Gotthammer: Mike Perschon's Online Asylum: Personal Statement of Belief - ScriptureMike Perschonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09335943113292616702noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422841.post-49045108633096151352006-12-05T09:37:00.000-07:002006-12-05T09:37:00.000-07:00That's a pretty good quote, it sums up about where...That's a pretty good quote, it sums up about where I believe on the subject as well. And you're obviously a heretic for not using the term "inerrant" in your belief on scripture :)<br /><br />Something I've been reflecting on latley is why God would choose human authors. Is it because this allows scripture to illuminate Godly truths from human points of views? Would God's direct writing not make sense to us? Why not avoid human error and contextualization and just drop divine texts out of the sky? <br />Is it so that we must act on faith?<br /><br />My studies of scripture latley have been on Jesus's correcting people's wrong-headed ideas (being sick means God hates you, the sabbath is a weapon, unclean, focusing on who's in and who's out etc.) and I wish we'd be corrected again and then I start to wonder how much misguidedeness then and now could have been avoided if God was the sole author of scripture, if God just gave us pan-cultural, divinly etched scriptures free from human trappings.<br /><br />Kind of wondering about the "why" of this bridge, what purpose does it serve, what larger need does this gap meet.<br /><br />My students always ask me why there's no book of Jesus and I always tell them it's because Jesus had better things to do then write, like healing people and loving people and setting himself up to be sacrificed for our sins, but now I'm starting to wonder the same thing.Kevin I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00005029402509582367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422841.post-17310956876163753722006-11-28T23:07:00.000-07:002006-11-28T23:07:00.000-07:00Nope. Not a series. Not at this point anyhow. Mayb...Nope. Not a series. Not at this point anyhow. Maybe when I've got the rest figured out. But I was stoked about the quote and wanted to share it.Mike Perschonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09335943113292616702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422841.post-5280740660999948142006-11-27T12:41:00.000-07:002006-11-27T12:41:00.000-07:00Is this just a beginning of a series of your state...Is this just a beginning of a series of your statement of belief?the philosopher onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07491737127254664848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422841.post-3698923729362712432006-11-27T08:38:00.000-07:002006-11-27T08:38:00.000-07:00Well, obviously the whole thing didn't make it ont...Well, obviously the whole thing didn't make it onto the comment line! Email me and I'll send you the URL.Tim Chestertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676859074652475474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422841.post-56765439884573210492006-11-27T08:37:00.000-07:002006-11-27T08:37:00.000-07:00I'll buy that.
You might also want to have a look...I'll buy that.<br /><br />You might also want to have a look at a recent statement by the Primnate's Theological Commission of the Anglican Church of Canada. It's not a full statement on scripture, but it has some good things to say.<br /><br />http://www.anglican.ca/news/news.php?newsItem=2006-11-21_a.ansTim Chestertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676859074652475474noreply@blogger.com