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Christ worked pretty hard to demonstrate that we are not saved by clinging to the words in a book, or to the contradictory teachings of religious authority, but by the very real presence of God in our lives.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
I do feel comfortable saying your comments display a disdain for people who believe every word written in the Bible.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
But you've made many sly comments in the past about "fundamentalists". And I don't see how it's a bad thing to hold the Word of God as our highest authority. Our Supreme Court if you will. Jesus said to live by "EVERY" word of God, not some, not many, not most, but EVERY word of God we are to live by. And Psalms states God magnified His Word even above His own name.
that the whole of the Christian Bible is to be taken literally, in all aspects, without error, through all translations, transcriptions and interpretations, is one that I do not share, neither does the vast majority of Christendom.
or Atheist fundamentalists who attempt to use a literal reading of scripture to discredit Christianity, is that this perspective
I was accepted in my local Masonic lodge...