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Opinionated, polemical, biased... with none of the cussing!

Wise words from a preacher

Monday, 5. January 2009, 12:53:01

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A literal Bible presents me with far more problems than assets. It offers me a God I cannot respect, much less worship; a deity whose needs and prejudices are at least as large as my own. I meet in the literal understanding of Scripture a God who is simply not viable, and what the mind cannot believe the heart can finally never adore.

Bishop John Shelby Spong, Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism, (1991), p. 24.


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Comments

unlisted 6. January 2009, 05:42

That's a profound quote. Thanks for sharing, Dan!

Heathen Dan 6. January 2009, 15:17

NP. :smile:

leirom 25. January 2009, 08:50

The next logical step is zero Gods, is it not?

Heathen Dan 26. January 2009, 06:53

Not exactly. The good bishop is still a believer in some vague, nontheistic "god". Hindus would agree with Spong's words too, but they're polytheists.
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