and yes! there are horrors in the bible; horrors in christian history and tradition; ongoing horrors today. do you think i'm not aware of that and fighting it constantly?
i am certainly not claiming that the bible is perfect, i don't know where you got such an idea from.
in fact i think it's crucial to hold onto those horrors, to never forget that no matter how much we think we are close to god etc, we are still at least (if not more) capable of horrors as everyone else. to remind us that the bible IS product of its times, of the people and communities who wrote it and compiled it, and therefore represents our own brokenness as much as anything else.
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Date: 2008-03-14 04:21 am (UTC)i am certainly not claiming that the bible is perfect, i don't know where you got such an idea from.
in fact i think it's crucial to hold onto those horrors, to never forget that no matter how much we think we are close to god etc, we are still at least (if not more) capable of horrors as everyone else. to remind us that the bible IS product of its times, of the people and communities who wrote it and compiled it, and therefore represents our own brokenness as much as anything else.