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To: cothrige
To think of it as somehow independent of the entire Christian tradition and community of faith is just so odd.

I wasn't aware that Evangelicals 'think' this.

316 posted on 06/16/2014 4:48:41 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
To think of it as somehow independent of the entire Christian tradition and community of faith is just so odd.

I wasn't aware that Evangelicals 'think' this.

It is apparent when one encounters the method of interpretation which entirely rejects any of that community's historic perspective on its own scripture. If the Bible were still considered a part of that tradition and community then tradition and community would be a part of reading scripture, but they aren't. The ultimate result is that scripture is seen as entirely independent of all else and is read as if it dropped out of the sky complete in red letter edition for all to read.

This perspective, btw, was apparent in your criticism of the Church above, which I responded to. In that it was clear that you saw the Church entirely from the perspective of one who did not equate it with the Bible but apart from it and out of a sense of a personal interpretation of what that book means and teaches. It is just odd to me. I couldn't do that or ever come to that, which is what I was saying. For those like me, who come at it the other way round, that perspective is just impossible to fathom. I am not attacking or disparaging it (notice I don't use the language you do with things like "tossed into a blender" etc) but I just don't get it. That is all.

322 posted on 06/16/2014 6:42:19 AM PDT by cothrige
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