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Seriously folks, don’t let liberals or conservatives read the bible for you. No one likes to wrestle with it. They just kinda go with the flow…
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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As a Liberal Christian, I confess that I don’t see myself in this post – unless I’m in the zombie parade way in the back holding an umbrella…
yeah, i’ve been catching flak on this. I mean those Christians who have decided that Scripture reads just like WBC says it does and then simply leave it behind.
Difference in saying I don’t believe than in saying, “I believe Phelps is correct in his interpretation so I just want read it anymore”
The third one is such a blatant misread, though!
I mean, from its own quote: “keep thee from the evil woman.”
“Evil woman,” not “all women because they’re evil.” Pretty dang sloppy.
I don’t see this among liberal Christians, Joel, but I do see this among some of the more vocal atheists. Liberal Christians are trying to live in a middle ground, while fanatical atheists are just as annoying as the Phelpsies.