It's not whether the Bible is true or not that's important, it's HOW it's true. It's true METAPHORICALLY, but true nonetheless. It's an understanding of truth that is simply difficult for the scientifically-informed Western mind to grasp. Though the Bible is true, it's not true, literally. For example, The stories couch the substance of the literature. It's the themes that are important. For example, between the virgin birth story and the torrid tale of crucifixion, a person is represented who had a revolutionary message about the Reign of God...no more oppression; no injustice; no inequality and it is ever-emerging in our midst. In fact, he called it "at hand;" or "within reach." Now we get to talk about what that means and grow into it as a human community. Unfortunately religion has made it even more difficult by killing the man's message. Every time Jesus speaks up to "preach good news to the poor, heal the broken-hearted and proclaim liberty to the captives," the church drowns him out with literal interpretations of the stories that were only only written so he would be held higher than all others and everyone would, then, hear his message.
2006-10-27
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