An interesting quote..and a very good link I figure.
"The Bible has been used for centuries by Christians as a
weapon of control. To read it literally is to believe in a
three-tiered universe, to condone slavery, to treat women as inferior
creatures, to believe that sickness is caused by God's punishment and
that mental disease and epilepsy are caused by demonic possession.
When someone tells me that they believe the Bible is the 'literal and
inerrant word of God,' I always ask, 'Have you ever read it'?" Bishop
John Shelby Spong.
A learned man ...a Bishop..said that.
want to learn more about bible inerrancy?
http://www.religioustolerance.org/inerrant.htm
I love the religious tolerance site for it seems to me..very fair and
balanced...showing letters from those that love it as well as those that
don't.
My God guide you,
Bren
