Re: the Bible, translation and gays

On Apr 13, 5:48 pm, hedr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> But it was written to different cultures. That's a simple fact. The
> question is how that fact affects how we read it.
>
> There are at least three examples that as far as I know evangelicals
> agree with:
[snip]

Good points and indicates the danger in believing the Bible is to be
taken literally and is 'inerrant.' I maintain that it is actually is
inerrant, but context, translation and
cultural norms need to be taken into account. IOW, the message is
inerrant, i.e. love, tolerance and transformation, but how it says it
is subject to analysis and interpretation.

You also bring up the hypocrisy of cherry picking certain parts of the
Bible. How many of us wear clothes of mixed fabrics? How many men
shave their beards? How many women wear hats in church? They are all
prohibited in the OT. If we believe in a hateful, vengeful God of the
OT, the we must follow the other proscriptions as well.
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