These things were unknown when the churches accepted the total inerrancy of the Bible. But foolish Episcopalians, Catholics, and Eastern Orthodox actually believe you can declare whole sections of the Bible mythology and have the entire moral edifice stand unaffected.
This is going to happen to your church eventually for the very same reason it has happened to the others, and all the condemnations of "nineteenth century positivism" and claims that "we never believed that silly stuff in the first place" will not save you.
But never mind. No one wants to sound like a "redneck." Go ahead. Learn the hard way.
The ancient liturgical churches are collapsing. The "modern" churches with the "anti-apostolic" notion of total Biblical inerrancy have escaped.
ZC, is Ted Haggard Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox? I can't recall which.
“The ancient liturgical churches are collapsing. The “modern” churches with the “anti-apostolic” notion of total Biblical inerrancy have escaped.”
I disagree, in ANY large organization there will always be some who remain faithful to the Ideal, the question is How many” will act that way?
And will those who act that way constitute the Majority or the Minority in the Hierarchy, look at the Episcopalians, the control of the US Communion has been subverted by radicals, the ones who remain Faithful represent a minority, but they are more then happy to leave behind the apostate structure and remain faithful even if it is in smaller rented buildings and not the more established and historical church buildings.
For myself, I’m hoping (even praying) that the Traditional Catholics win the day, I would rather be called “Heretical Bible Thumping Protestant” by a Catholic (brother) that I can respect and even admire at times, then watch the Entirety of Roman Catholicism slide into a puddle of Relativistic Goo.
Please show me where the Catholic Church has said whole sections (and which ones) of the Bible are mythology.
Which "church" would that be? The people you are talking about tend to be non-denoms or in insanely small bodies where it's easy to disfellowship people that show modernist inklings. Any church with national/international reach has a much more difficult time of it.
But I do see validity in your premise. If Adam is Eve is a myth, why not Sodom and Gomorrah?