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tanyev

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8. He's written quite a few books in a similar vein.

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 14, 2023, 08:02 AM

Oct 2023

What intrigues me the most about him is that he got into Biblical studies as a fundamentalist determined to prove the literal and inerrant truth of the Bible. And as he learned the original languages and studied the historical context of the various books of the Bible, he realized how wrong most fundamentalist teachings are.

That's why fundamentalists are suspicious of education. They want their flock to have just enough literacy to function, but not so much knowledge that they start questioning what they're being taught.

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I have to admit I always kind of brushed off the whole idea [View all] BlueKota Oct 2023 OP

I know how you feel, BlueKota. arkielib Oct 2023 #1

It's hard to walk away from something that was a part of your life BlueKota Oct 2023 #2

Same with the Baptists and other evangelicals. They have lost all credibility. arkielib Oct 2023 #3

In some ways, that kind of teaching in Catholicism wnylib Oct 2023 #15

I always had the feeling that what they taught in the school BlueKota Oct 2023 #16

Early childhood teachings are hard to break away from. wnylib Oct 2023 #17

Joseph Campbell with whom Bill Moyers held a series of discussions on The Power of Myth, summer_in_TX Nov 2023 #23

An Orthodox ☦️ priest reminded me a long time ago that after we are afforded the sprinkleeninow Oct 2023 #4

Thank you! BlueKota Oct 2023 #20

Well, in the Lutheran church that I grew up in, wnylib Oct 2023 #5

Thank you so much. BlueKota Oct 2023 #12

Have you read Armageddon by Bart Ehrman? tanyev Oct 2023 #6

This sounds fascinating. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #7

He's written quite a few books in a similar vein. tanyev Oct 2023 #8

I recommend looking up Bart Ehrman on You Tube. There are wnylib Oct 2023 #11

Bart Ehrman does a great job of explaining Revelation. wnylib Oct 2023 #9

I have not read it yet BlueKota Oct 2023 #13

It's true that mankind's ability to destroy has far outpaced the ability tanyev Oct 2023 #19

Many years ago -- more years than I care to admit -- I read a theory that Revelations was actually shrike3 Oct 2023 #18

Does God change His mind? WDLAL Oct 2023 #10

Thank you! BlueKota Oct 2023 #14

Some very different thoughts on Armageddon: progressive, sensible, Biblical, anti-war hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2023 #21

Fascinating - and different from any interpretation I've heard before. summer_in_TX Nov 2023 #22