tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028661.post111843217993196226..comments2023-08-05T09:53:24.002-06:00Comments on twenty feet: Moving Beyond the BibleJacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06106718028421755149noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028661.post-1119898208737751342005-06-27T12:50:00.000-06:002005-06-27T12:50:00.000-06:00The inspiration thing is a tricky one. I suppose b...The inspiration thing is a tricky one. I suppose by downplaying the authority of the Bible I might be giving licence to nut-cases to pursue whatever crazy ideas they thing God has given them.<BR/><BR/>The only defence against this kind of thing is to use your head. Faith should go beyond knowledge but it should never limit or contradict knowledge.<BR/><BR/>This is my favorite quote from the Buddha:<BR/><BR/>"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106718028421755149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028661.post-1119887902070182822005-06-27T09:58:00.000-06:002005-06-27T09:58:00.000-06:00I completely agree that we need to view God's reve...I completely agree that we need to view God's revelation as being larger than the Bible. One thing that has always frustrated me about modern christians is their worship of the Bible, leading them to be completely useless in the world, because there are a lot of issues we're dealing with now that are not answered directly in the Bible (and like you said, why would they be?). If Jesus had wanted us to view the Bible and his own words as the only revelations of God, he wouldn't have bothered to mention the one that would follow him.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I would also say that it is sooooo dangerous to act solely on divine inspiration. The reason I say this is how am I to say that my divinely inspired actions were right, while the <A HREF="http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/95/" REL="nofollow">Lafferty brothers</A> or even Islam extremists claim the same thing. Or is it just something that you'll know it's right when you see/hear/do it?<BR/><BR/>So it's a really tough issue, and one that we should be struggling with, because we worship a living God who moves among us and who is bigger than the bible, the universe, and everything we can ever imagine, not a stodgy old man who's terrified of us changing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028661.post-1119818663919531012005-06-26T14:44:00.000-06:002005-06-26T14:44:00.000-06:00hmmmmmmmI think I like that. I can't believe that...hmmmmmmm<BR/><BR/>I think I like that. I can't believe that I'm agreeing with something so... unorthodox! Goodness!!<BR/><BR/>Thats cool to think about it that way. There's the trinity. God started off his revelation with Isreal. Jesus continued it with the Jews (and more). The Holy Spirit continues it with all of us. Somehow it seems like it shouldn't really be that profound, but it kind of is. <BR/><BR/>You're right, maybe we don't give enough credit to the Holy Spirit's guidance. This gets sticky because its so often so personal, people can claim to be 'inspired' and whose to say that they are or are not? Nevertheless. The Spirit is no less important that the Father or the Son. Why should his guidance be any less relevant or less 'true' or important. <BR/><BR/>good thoughts...Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00893631372476292228noreply@blogger.com