Gary Smith wrote:
> John, > The difference is that we have many GAs who have told us that portions of > the Bible ARE symbolic. That leaves the Bible's historicity at least > partially in question. Meanwhile, they have all told us that the BoM is > literal. Signaturi don't want to believe that any scripture is > historically based. We believe all of the BoM is, and much (if not most) > of the Bible is. Marc and I are consistent with what the GAs have taught > on these books. We haven't stated definitively that Joshua never was at > Jericho, but only that there are discrepancies with current science. Furthermore, I would add that it doesn't matter. Brigham Young referred to "baby stories" in the Bible, assuming that there is a more transcendent way of understanding them than as mere history. > This > allows all to look at the evidence and make up their own mind with all > the current facts. I don't ask anyone to stop believing in the Global > Flood or Jericho's walls. I only ask them to consider other ways of > interpreting a book that we have been told has symbolism in some of its > stories. > > K'aya K'ama, > Gerald/gary Smith gszion1 @juno.com http://www > .geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html > "No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he's free." - > Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities. We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we don’t want a world of engineers.” – Sir Winston Churchill (1950) Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
