Re: Jim: All truth is God's truth

From: John Burgeson (burgythree@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 11:40:10 EST

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    Rich wrote: "Spong accepts liberal ideology as 'science' and he is dead
    wrong for assuming that Biblical moral law has to change."

    I hold no brief for Spong, although I do find his books fascinating reading.
    I am curious however -- what "Biblical moral law" are you referring to in
    the above?

    John W. Burgeson (Burgy)
    www.burgy.50megs.com

    >From: RFaussette@aol.com
    >To: asa@calvin.edu
    >Subject: Jim: All truth is God's truth
    >Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 10:26:44 EST
    >
    >In a message dated 1/5/03 10:08:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
    >jeisele@starpower.net writes:
    >
    >
    > > Actually, the major point of this list is the relationship between
    >"truth
    > > outside the Bible" (science) and the Bible. I relate better to
    >Christians
    > > who say "All truth is God's truth." After all, science has forced major
    > > reinterpretations of "God's Biblical truth." Some Christians (Spong
    >comes
    > > to mind) even claim Biblical moral truth is in need of
    >reinterpretation.
    > >
    > > Jim
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    >
    >I like Jim's "all truth is God's truth." I don't know any other tenable
    >position but this one of Jim's. For scientific reasons I have difficulty
    >with
    >Spong's conclusions that Biblical moral truth is in need of
    >reinterpretation.
    >Spong accepts liberal ideology as 'science' and he is dead wrong for
    >assuming
    >that Biblical moral law has to change. Ken Ham, the creationist, has the
    >science wrong but comes to the right conclusion, that Bibilical moral law
    >is
    >paramount. Ham rejects the science but accepts the moral law. Spong accepts
    >what he thinks is 'science' and rejects the moral law. Liberal ideology in
    >which Biblical moral law changes radically is only viable for Christianity
    >if
    >it embraces a degree of tripartition like Judaism, but then perhaps it is
    >no
    >longer Christianity.
    >rich

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