On 11 Apr 2006 at 15:31, Dave Land wrote: > On Apr 11, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Charlie Bell wrote: > > > On 11/04/2006, at 6:33 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: > > > >> He also seems to fail to recognize the difference between > >> irrational and > >> non-rational beliefs. And this statement, " Religious moderation > >> is just a > >> cherry-picking of scripture, ultimately," is ridiculous. It > >> implies that > >> fundamentalism is the only *complete* form of Christianity. > >> Nonsense, > >> really. > > > > So how do you decide which parts of scripture to follow and which > > not? The whole bible? Just the NT? Just Jesus' teachings, and > > ignore Paul's commentary? > > ... > > > Faith in a deity/deities/force/whatever is one thing. It's highly > > personal. But faith in a book is something else, and that's where > > the argument starts - if the book says one thing, but a follower > > disagrees and does something else, where's the value in the book? > > One view -- a minority view in Christianity -- is that the Bible is > a human product, not a divine one. The Bible records certain people's > wrestling with who God might be and how they might relate to God. The
This is, incidentally, also the view of Reform Judaism. AndrewC Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
