Irvine511
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nbcrusader said:
Why the need for authority?
Because you can follow someone whose teachings and beliefs you respect until you don't want to.
And when we do follow the teachings, it is to show how good we are, not obedient to an almighty Sovereign.
i'd rather be good than obedient.
i can trust in my own free will, rationality, and gut sense of right and wrong more than i can trust in a how-to manuel that's been passed along over a few melinneia, through several translations and centuries of political manipulation.
if the bible says something, and i know it to be wrong based upon my experience, and i make this decision in good faith, then i will reject what the bible says because it is the right thing to do.
also, if jesus were 100% man, and 100% god, would that not make his teachings as errant and fallable as any man-made teachings? should we not, like i believe with the Bible, understand and perhaps emulate the spirit of the law and not the letter?
should we not interpret the bible the way judges interpret the constitution? should the bible not change as our view of history and humanity change, as does the Constitution?
removing the devine from Jesus, to me, makes the message that much more powerful. forget shock and awe from above; give me a heart pumping human blood and a mind wracked with doubt and uncertainty, show me the two working in tandem to make a better world.