"Howard J. Van Till" wrote:
> >From: wallyshoes <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
>
> Two questions:
>
> >> > Are we all Bible worshipers or Christ followers?
>
> > In fact why are we Christians so adamant about infallibility when the Bible
> > never comes right out and makes such a claim?
>
> Good questions, Walt. One cannot help but notice how much time and energy is
> spent on this list to protect the (humanly crafted) concept of biblical
> infallibility and other propositions that serve to place the Judeo-Christian
> canon in an elevated category totally different from the canonical texts of
> all other religious communities.
Whereas I do not subscribe to "infallibility" of the Bible (mostly because of the
somewhat strange concepts that arise from that notion), I do find the Bible to be
inspiring unlike anything else I have read. Certainly I have not read as much as
others on this list, but I have examined a fair amount.
Walt
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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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