> When my father was alive I used to play one off the others: "If mother agrees
> can I...." and so forth.
> I could get away with murder with my father, in whose eyes I could do no
> wrong.
> But my mother was say No and that was the end of the discussion.
Not in my house -- we each tried this. . .ONCE.
Normally if we askedsome thing of one, they'd reply, "What does [other parent]
say?" & we knoew if one said no, it was no, firm, & trying to elicit a yes from
the other was a Bad Thing.
>> But this is, I admit, more about human decisions as to what was God-inspired
> specific to their homiletic interests.
> Scripture is made of several types of books: history, poetry, ethics,
> ritual, religion in general.
> Sometimes two or more writers will have a different take on something.
> Its like taking a report from two or three witnesses to an event. Each
> witness will describe the event in general, with a few different slants:
> He was driving a red car, she was in a blue.
> He was driving a red Ford Explorer, she in a blue Chevy Tahoe, etc.
Exactly. Both are giving honest testimony from their own perspective.
People whgine about "contradictions." I point out how tghe Bible is varous
authors & books. & how even in one book of "sayings" you'll have both: "Look
before you leap" &
"He who hesitates is lost"
Nopt a contradiction, as both have their own application.
To the whingers about geographical & cosmology evidences, I point out that the
Bible was not written to be a sciece textbook following modern rules of
scxientific method. It's a handbook providing a basic Constitution & law codes,
& guidance useful for any moral question/situation for one who cares to
understabd it as such.
I never preess the issue. Not my job to FORCE anyone to be what thewy're not.
Who am I to say that God didn't make them to be a different religion, or even
an athiest for a reason I don't see?
I don't speak for God. I don't fight His battles, either.
None of my business, unless I'm invited to chime in.
I'm happy where I'm at, & that's as far as my beliefs should go.
Because I'm a happy person, I speak freely about that which elates me, hoping
to share so even one other person might get a taste of it for themselves, if
needing it.
That was the key problem with imperialistic religions: they broke away from the
original "invitation" model & switched to "Obey or suffer & die at our hands"
model.
A simple misunderstanding of the early mistranslation "make disciples of
nations" that clearly should've been rendered, "Accept seeking students without
concern for their nationality."
--- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5
* Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
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