“That’s fashioning the God you want, not the one Who is revealed to us.”
In fact, FK, Kosta’s comments are fully patristic and express the belief of the the One Church from the earliest days. The Fathers and early Christians understood that through the Incarnation, EVERYTHING was different, including our understanding of God. Some months ago you read +Athanasius the Great On the Incarnation. In great measure, FK, what Kosta is saying is in some measure +Athanasius’ point. God became man because men didn’t understand God. Burning bushes and speaking from clouds just wasn’t getting the job done!
Kolo: "In great measure, FK, what Kosta is saying is in some measure +Athanasius’ point. God became man because men didn’t understand God. Burning bushes and speaking from clouds just wasn’t getting the job done!"
But doesn't this make a shambles of the text of the OT? Either several stories with specific names and specific places are total factual lies, or man was allowed to include a huge amount of error through misinterpretation. If I thought this I would know that there was no way to separate fact from fiction and I would be forced to toss the whole Testament. Of course, I don't think Jesus had this in mind. :)
I know the answer is going to be "read everything through the lens of the NT", but that will require completely discarding much of the OT because there simply is no reconciliation. I could never do that. God's Holy word is either God's Holy word or it isn't.