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1 | Infallibility of the Bible questioned. | 2 Tim 3:16 | JMHO | 31879 | ||
Why the ungraceful answer? A dissenter from what??? Is the correct position on the literalness spectrum God's litmus test? Is it even in the top 40??? Many Bible stories ARE hard to swallow for a new student of the bible like me. I still can't get over that talking donkey or Jacob wrasslin with God. I laugh, picturing them, as I write this. I love Jesus... I think his suggestion of pulling the shekels from the fish's mouth was the clincher for me. My favorite OT story is the General simply wading into the river. How very simple... says a lot about the value of theology(sp) Sorry, but I don't think you're going to see any Yale divinity school grads on this board anytime soon. Gotta go and look up the word exegesis. |
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2 | Infallibility of the Bible questioned. | 2 Tim 3:16 | kalos | 32021 | ||
Sir, my purpose here is not to criticize or condemn you. What I write here pertains to the Forum in general since its inception in February, 2001. My remarks have to do with the history of the Forum, which, if understood, will hopefully go to explain what madness has characterized the postings in the past and continues to characterize them even now. Yale divinity school grads on this forum? Heaven forbid! In the history of the forum many have trotted out their educational credentials -- the names and the number of schools attended, degrees earned, how many times they've been published, awards they've won, etc. -- in an effort to convince the rest of us "dummies" of the superiority of their great learning. So far, the only ones they've succeeded in convincing are themselves. When I read the Lockman Foundation's reasons for the existence of StudyBibleForum, I did not see one that said: "To split theological hairs" or "To put the Greek text under a microscope and analyze it to death." This forum is intended as neither a showplace for the degreed elite nor a haven for self-appointed Bible experts, mockers, proselytizers, the young and the restless, misanthropes, critics or rabble rousers. The forum was intended to be simply and only a place to ask or answer Bible questions -- not an arena for foolish and ignorant speculation or bitter, divisive, unending debate. It is especially not meant to be a platform where people may speculate upon that on which the Bible is silent. |
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3 | Infallibility of the Bible questioned. | 2 Tim 3:16 | djconklin | 32092 | ||
"Yale divinity school grads on this forum? Heaven forbid! In the history of the forum many have trotted out their educational credentials -- the names and the number of schools attended, degrees earned, how many times they've been published, awards they've won, etc. -- in an effort to convince the rest of us "dummies" of the superiority of their great learning. So far, the only ones they've succeeded in convincing are themselves." I can't speak for what happened in the past on this forum however if you look closely at those who led Christianity down through the ages you'll find that they were quite well-educated (for instance, Paul, Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, Wesley) and I would suggest for good reason for most of the heretics who mis-led were not educated and believed their own lies (as a recent example witness David Koresh). |
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