(March 5, 2013 at 12:11 am)jstrodel Wrote: 1. Word for Word - The fact is that we do not have the original words of scripture. There is a diversity of scriptures and a diversity of interpretations. Answers to many questions may very well lie in the various textual and interpretative issues as well as translation issues and exegetical and hermenutical issues. God did not give people a bound Bible, God gave people a series of letters.Answers to many questions? Name the top five questions that we can't answer due to differences in manuscripts. The fact is that we have adequate agreement of manuscripts, and important doctrines are taught in more than one place in the Bible.
Quote:3. evolution is true - I am not really sure that that Genesis intends to teach that evolution did not happen. There are two creation stories, that seem to subtly conflict with each other. Adam's name in the Hebrew means "man". Augustine interpreted Genesis in a non-literal way before the advent of modern science. Many theologians today doubt the exact reading that is required from Genesis.Are you sure that the NT intends to teach a literal resurrection? Some Gnostics interpreted the resurrection in a non-literal way before the advent of modern science.
Quote:4. Not all disbelievers go to hell - If you believe in Biblical innerancy, you should believe this, because the Bible clearly teaches that many, many Old Testament saints such as Job, Melchizdeck, the Ninevites, etc, are included in the plan of salvation, though they do not hear of the Gospel.I wouldn't call them disbelievers. They accepted the amount of light which was given to them. Another example from the OT is Rahab. It seems God will deal with people directly if evangelism doesn't get to them.
Quote:5 stripping it of the essential things that make it the Bible - I do not think that this strips it from the things that make it the Bible. The essential core teachings of sin, judgement and redemption through Jesus Christ are intact.Are they? See my response to point 3 above.
