[Peter] you said: The alternative is the inerrancy (sic - that ain't in the dictionary) crowd that turns scripture into tea leaves, tarot cards and goat entrails.
[Krimel] Try Googling it. Inerrancy is the idea that the Christian Bible was written by God and is literally, infallibly true in all areas of life including science and politics. Mainline churches are more likely to say that the bible is infallible and matters of faith and practice but not necessarily so in other area. The doctrine of inerrancy gives rise to the notion of the Bible as a single work authored by the creator God when in fact it is an anthology, written over about a 500 year span by different authors with different intentions and purposes. There are a gazillion problem with the idea of inerrancy but it is the foundation of the religious right's theology. [Peter] I take it you don't like i-ching then either. I do not believe in the supernatural but I still cannot shake off my years long fascination with the i-ching. I rarely consult that oracle with a question but I have analysed its workings It is like flicking a series of definitely biased coins each one with a cumulative overall significance to get a smell of the randomness/orderliness of the dilemma of the moment. [Krimel] I like the idea that the ancient Chinese were seeking to take a sample of the chaos stream by sticking their fingers into the wind so to speak. I think this grounding in the frank recognition that the world is fundamentally chaotic, produced Taoist metaphysics which was co-opted by both Zen and Pirsig. But I do not believe for a second that the i-ching is really much more that an interesting diversion. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
