2007-06-13 16:26:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh they have. It is only a small proportion of the know nothings who take the bible literally these days, god is very different at least in most Westernised countries than he was 500 years ago.
2007-06-13 16:30:19 · answer #1 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
religion has in the academic world, just look at Joseph Campbell's works such as "The Hero With 1000 Faces". Campbell explores the monomyth, the archtype behind all of the world religions, and how the specifics of each religion are simply metaphors constructed within the context of the society that birthed them, but they are only a metaphor. This is why there is so much difficulty over religion, people all over the world are taking their cultural religious metaphors as literal truth. Between this and the fact that these religions were constructed with the science of 2,000 BC instead of our modern understanding of the world, there is much in conflict and that old universe simply does not fit or make sense with what we understand now.
2007-06-13 23:32:58 · answer #2 · answered by neuralzen 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The bible has nothing to do with actual knowledge, and the fact is it was written 2000 years or so ago and according to believers is the complete word of their god. By that definition it cannot change.
I use Christianity but it applies to all religions. They are all a collection of primitive myths that are taken as gods word.
2007-06-14 11:41:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does
John 16:13 - Jesus promises that the Spirit will "guide" the Church into all truth. Our knowledge of the truth develops as the Spirit guides the Church, and this happens over time.
1 Cor. 2:13 – Paul explains that what the ministers teach is taught, not by human wisdom, but by the Spirit. The ministers are led to interpret and understand the spiritual truths God gives them over time.
Eph. 4:13,15 – Paul indicates that attaining to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God to mature manhood is a process. We are to grow up in every way into Christ. Doctrine (which means “teaching”) develops as we understand God’s Revelation.
2007-06-13 23:31:03 · answer #4 · answered by Gods child 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because God does not change he meant what he said the first time, heaven and earth will pass away but his word will stand firm forever.
2007-06-13 23:31:04 · answer #5 · answered by bungyow2 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Change is untenable - it negates their 'Holy' books. ... It took the Church fully 359 Years to admit Galileo was right.
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” -- Galileo Galilei
2007-06-13 23:29:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
It has; it is called "progressive revelation" (the Bible was not written all at once - it took thousands of years), and "progressive theology" (our analysis of scripture becomes better).
2007-06-13 23:31:21 · answer #7 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
religion and evolution in the same sentence?....
not good.
2007-06-13 23:33:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
They dont "believe" in evolution....lol
2007-06-13 23:44:32 · answer #9 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋