On 31 Jan, 17:51, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Talk about serendipity! I just came across this article on the > facebook page of a recently connected grade school friend. He was one > of the brightest people I knew back then. He taught me chess when we > were 5. He himself went on to complete seminary training and practiced > most of his adult life. Now he is the executive director of a > Christian Center. > > For the record, I claim to know little about Christianity and do not > embrace much of what little I do understand about many of its tenets. > I still find this article to be quite clear, well thought out and a > clear rebuttal to free thinkers who deny the changing nature of > religious thought. Also, in no way should this be construed as me > acting as a Christian apologist; rather, it is to, as Neil so deftly > pointed out, place all thought under the microscope. > > http://www.soulforce.org/article/homosexuality-bible-walter-wink > > From the above article: > > “…What Jesus gives us is a critique of domination in all its forms, a > critique that can be turned on the Bible itself. The Bible thus > contains the principles of its own correction. We are freed from > bibliolatry, the worship of the Bible. It is restored to its proper > place as witness to the Word of God. And that word is a Person, not a > book…” – from Homosexuality and the Bible > by The Rev. Dr. Walter Wink
Avtually, that view of the Bible being the witness to the Word, as expressed in Jesus, is the Islamic view OF the Bible. Funny that. I wonder if your old mate knows that. Of course, how does he rectify that the very witness, the Bible, in particular, the Gospels according to Matthew and Luke, contradicts itself in that they proffer varying lineages? No 'sound' witness would do that. So, whilst the Word may be sound, the Witness is faulty and cannot be relied upon to properly portray the 'Word'. Thus was the case FOR the Qur'an, in order to rectify the previous false witnessing. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
