RE: Totally NOT a debate about the veracity of the gospels
March 12, 2014 at 8:17 pm
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2014 at 8:22 pm by Mudhammam.)
(March 12, 2014 at 8:14 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(March 12, 2014 at 8:06 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: That's what I thought he meant... but can someone explain to me how the "inerrant version," or the deeper truths conveyed by man's fallibility, are so poorly communicated that Christianity hosts some 30,000+ different sects and denominations who can't even agree on how to interpret these "deeper truths"? Seems to me like God's a rather powerless and inept communicator.
I blame the messenger
He's using a pretty crappy one. But that's what we have. You could have it perfectly stated. What would that benefit you? Genesis seems very well crafted in comparison to the gospels, but then you have very different styles of books.
What would that benefit me?! Well, if we are to accept one brand of Christian thought (the "orthodox" version), apparently quite a lot!
Genesis is well crafted as myth, not as some historical anecdote of mankind's past. Once you eliminate the notion of Original Sin as conveyed in Genesis, the apparent significance of the Jesus story falls apart too. This seemed obvious to St. Paul.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza