george murphy wrote:
> Walter Hicks wrote:
> > If I may sneak in one last question before departing:
> >
> > I thought I recalled that you were an advocate of Biblical inerrancy, though I may be
> > wrong. Could you say where you stand on that subject and how it relates to the above
> > comments?
> >
> > Thanks again for the insights you have provided.
>
> I generally avoid the term "inerrancy" with regard to the Bible because people tend
> to assume that it means that biblical texts are all true as accurate historical reports. I
> believe that the Bible is true and authoritative. One then has to ask immediately what kind
> of texts we're dealing with in the Bible. It's the failure to give serious consideration to
> that question that is responsible for a great deal of the confusion about creation &
> evolution, & other theological topics as well.
Thanks,
>
>
> Shalom,
>
> George
>
> George L. Murphy
> http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
> "The Science-Theology Interface"
Shalom to you also.
Walt
-- =================================== Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>In any consistent theory, there must exist true but not provable statements. (Godel's Theorem)
You can only find the truth with logic If you have already found the truth without it. (G.K. Chesterton) ===================================
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