Different authors, yes, but different worldviews, I don't really see that at
all.
That's a familiar argument, and it doesn't wash.
An example of what I mean would be slavery - evidently fine and moral in the
old testament, but not according to Jesus' teaching. �I don't buy your
refutation.
Isn't that really more a matter of faith -- and proving/disproving the truth
a
matter of using faith? �If we cannot test the bible empirically, how can we
declare true and false?
You are reading into what I am saying that I KNOW exactly which parts of true
and which are false. �I know that some parts are for sure false (the account
of creation taken literally) other parts I believe are highly suspect for
many reasons having to do with the inexact nature of recording human history
("history is written by the winners" and etc.) and some parts of it are
probably accurate. But it is a pretty sound speculation that some of what is
recorded in the Bible did not happen, or happened but not the way it was told.
And if what you are saying it is true, you are supporting my point. I should
not have to "respect" the Bible in the context of teaching a science class.
It is not an appropriate subject, and the student's "worldview" based upon it
is not an issue I need to address.
Nancy Melucci
ELAC
