RE: The bible... why take it seriously?
September 8, 2014 at 5:16 am
(This post was last modified: September 8, 2014 at 5:18 am by Michael.)
Hi Rob
It seems to me that you're looking at the bible from the perspective of a stranger coming across it in isolation. How then would you, as an individual, know what to make of it? That's a fair question.
But I don't see the bible from that perspective. I see is as being generated by a community and being read by, and commented on, by that community (albeit with some divisions over time!). So we have all the thoughts of the community as well; the 'tradition' that accompanies the bible throughout the centuries.
In short, the bible was never something separate from the community that wrote and read it.
It seems to me that you're looking at the bible from the perspective of a stranger coming across it in isolation. How then would you, as an individual, know what to make of it? That's a fair question.
But I don't see the bible from that perspective. I see is as being generated by a community and being read by, and commented on, by that community (albeit with some divisions over time!). So we have all the thoughts of the community as well; the 'tradition' that accompanies the bible throughout the centuries.
In short, the bible was never something separate from the community that wrote and read it.
