From: Dr. Blake Nelson (bnelson301@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Apr 26 2003 - 18:23:40 EDT
Jim,
It is really silly to rant when your theology is
simply wrong. Human death as the result of original
sin is certainly not the central point of the NT.
We have discussed the fact that Original Sin as it
exists in the Western tradition is a particular
exegetical understanding of the texts that doesn't
even necessarily stand for what you assert it does
(i.e., that sin caused human death). Likewise, the
doctrine, as you misunderstand it, holds far less of a
place in Eastern Orthodoxy than it does in the Western
tradition.
You may seem to think that you can make definitive
statements about what the "Bible says", but it simply
appears to be willful ignorance or obstinance since
your misconceptions have been addressed repeatedly and
you have evinced no sign of even having considered the
responses you have received other than to dismiss them
without further investigation or consideration.
--- Jim Eisele <jeisele@starpower.net> wrote:
> Debbie writes
>
> >When I was in school, 96% was often an A and 38%
> was occasionally a passing
> >grade. Yet, attackers of The Bible seem to believe
> that if they can find
> one
> >fault, or show that 5% is inconclusive, vague or
> impossible to take
> >literally - that the portion that has been verified
> by multiple sources can
> >be ignored and the portion which is unverified is
> definitely wrong.
>
> Perhaps this was your best point. So you want to
> label skeptics as nit-pickers, do you?
>
> Your Bible teaches that the cause of human death
> is sin. We know this is false. The Bible
> attributes
> words about creation directly to God that we know
> are
> false.
>
> Normal, honest reaction: no all-powerful being is
> behind the Bible.
>
> Frequent Christian reaction: Maybe a day isn't a
> day. Or, maybe Genesis genealogies have gaps. Some
> Christians, to their credit, admit the Bible begins
> with mythology. They want to say the OT is false
> but the NT is true. Isn't the same god supposed to
> be behind both of these?
>
> Physical death as a consequence of sin is central
> Christian doctrine, not some trivial census number.
> And the Bible got it wrong. When Christians are
> confronted with this, generally the silence or the
> dishonesty begins.
>
> This is not one fault, Debbie. Supposedly it was
> the
> very reason for the NT.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
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>
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