Hi Lennart, On Dec 12, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Lennart Johansson wrote:
>> Frankly, if Christians did a better job of actually *obeying* Scripture, I >> think we'd have a lot less arguments about the right way to interpret or >> define its nature... >> >> -- Ernie P. > > I agree completely. Add to the problem that the evangelical > establishment have used "inerrant scripture" to create "inerrant > theology" that have subsequently been elevated to a position of > "truth" that is equal to the scriptures themselves. I've been asking > myself at what point does our insistence on "right doctrine" become > idol worship? As you point out even the inerrantists say "the Bible is > without error in the original writings". > http://www.efca.org/about-efca/statement-faith What exactly is that? > > Not only do we make absolute statements about the character of God > based on inerrant scripture but we also build various political views > that also become "inerrant" :) Between having the right theology and > all of the other right "views" all of a sudden obeying and believing > is becoming a complicated affair! No wonder people throw the baby (as > in Christmas) out with the bathwater. I might have a lot of opinions > about this and that but let me clarify that I don't think they are > inerrant. > > Lennart Wow, I agree completely with everything you just said! I think I may need to lie down for a bit... -- Ernie P. _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
