RE: [asa] Sequencing the Bible in importance

How I live my life today is most important to be sure. But I personally
don't want my origins belittled. Where I came from is what makes me who and
what I am today. So Origins are just as important lest there be no present.
And please remember, God's revelation of Christ started at the beginning.

Don Perrett
Genesis Proclaimed Association

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Alexanian, Moorad
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:05 AM
To: AmericanScientificAffiliation
Subject: [asa] Sequencing the Bible in importance

In my own mind there is no way to address the issues that are being raised
without characterizing the Bible into segments, say verses, and indicating
the degree of importance of each segment. It is clear that this
characterization may be in dispute, but it certainly reduces the areas of
debate considerably to important verses.

Surely, the most important verses deal with whom Jesus the Christ is and
what He accomplished on the cross. In fact, such verses would clarify what
it means to be a Christian. Of course, there may be all sorts of arguments
about even these, very few verses. Nonetheless, one would the settling the
most important biblical issue. Afterwards, one can select the next level of
importance and the verses that go with it.

I am sure using this scheme, the questions of origins would be pretty much
in the bottom of importance. Therefore, I do not see why all the arguments
about the meaning of Genesis 1 and 2. Note that our understanding of
Scripture increases with time, for instance, as prophesies are fulfilled,
thus increasing the areas of agreement between differing lines of thinking.

I am sure someone has taken this approach in the past and perhaps some in
the list can enlighten us with such references or comments.

 
Moorad

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Received on Mon Jul 9 00:27:43 2007