[HairOfTheDog]

Hey - if it feels better for you to put people who ask questions in some kind of box with a label on it, fine. I am not the biblical scholar many here are. I barely understand most of your posts on the subject. I am not some member of some organized movement to discredit the claims of the bible. I 'll never study it with more interest than a spectator watching the discovery channel, but I still find some of the questions are perplexing ones, and the discussion interesting.

[PetroniusMaximus]

"Hey - if it feels better for you to put people who ask questions in some kind of box with a label on it, fine."


I am not referring to people who ask questions - asking questions is fine - ask all the questions you want. Your questions are most welcome. (I pinged you because you were active in this discussion.)

What I am referring to is a subset of Christian's who promote a specific methodology of Biblical interpretation - one that I find to be severely deficient.



"I 'll never study it with more interest than a spectator watching the discovery channel, but I still find some of the questions are perplexing ones, and the discussion interesting."

In all humility, may I impress upon you that is not a spectator sport. The message of the Bible and it's historical veracity is a matter of life and death - to you and to me personally.

God, in the person of Jesus Christ, has extended to you the offer of full forgiveness for your sins and the promise of a restored relationship with Him which will last forever.

Jesus was physically and spiritually tortured beyond human comprehension to be able to freely offer this to you. To remain a "neutral observer" is an implicit rejection of His offer.