No objection as I say.
The discussion is wether the bible is fabrication and a social control tool or the literal or inspired word of god.
I personaly have problems with "Inspired".
We assume that if god is to communicate with man and wishes his word to be written, then nothing other than perfection would be acceptable? Why would God if he was writing a book on repairing a Honda CX 500 start by saying " The CX 500 is a motorbike made by Honda in the 70's and 80's , if its broke then first giveth it a few kicks, then check you havnt put soup in the tank".
Therefore God is either communicating with man or he is not. If he is , and the bible is by neccessity then flawless, we should expect no errors, no contradiction or error.
The bible however is literally stuffed to the brim with error. What it has space for in A Bun Dance however is carrots and sticks. Merciful loving kindness for he so loved the world that he slaughtered every living thing upon it.
There are gardens of paradise free of want and where all is love , a very real "jam tommorow" promise, a wonderful carrot.
The stick: ever present reminders of the flood, sodam, the mocking children and the bears, the flames that engulf the 250, the passover, the plauges. real earthly death. Yahwehs laws fit glovelike with the moral standards of the middle east Circa 2000BC. Amazing. |