Sacred Errancy
How many years I wasted trying to defend the indefensible. In vain I tried to harmonize every Scripture with other verses. Square blocks simply won't fit in round containers. For many Christians, the Bible is the infallible and internally consistent revealed Word of God. Every word therein, though penned by a man, God himself inspired. For me the Bible is sacred- it's every Christians guide and the inspired WORD (singlular) of God, though not the WORDS (plural) of God.
If one takes up the "every word in infallible" mantra, the question must be asked, which translation then is the inspired one? Words vary from KJV to REB, etc. In fact some words simply don't exist in some translations but they do in others. John 8:1-11 as an example isn't in earlier manuscripts. It's put at the end of the entire book of John in the REB and not at all in some translations.
I John 5:7 doesn't exist in some translations as history shows that Erasmus added it to one of his many revisions of the textus receptus to please the Catholic church.
Then there are just the simple errors of history (which do not harmonize). Matthew 23:35 says tht Zechariah was the son of Berachiah (quoting II Chron. 24:20) which says it was Jehoida. Then Mark 2:26 says David went into the house of Abiathar, whereas I Sam. 21:1 says it was Ahimelech, not Abiathar. These two are trivial stuff that have nothing to do with the concept or principle. But they are proof that the Bible is not inerrant, at least not the KJV! :-)
For centuries too many Christians have been caught up trying to defend obviously indefensible positions and getting mad because others wouldn't go along with such blind lunacy- losing their witness in their anger and intolerance. Did I mention there was no love on their faces as well?
I don't know how a person can say that they are a Christian and not espouse that the Bible is our sacred book, a progressive work, and a library of sixty six books of which some are greatly inspired and others hardly at all- if at all. BEING LOVE is far more important than thinking that one is RIGHT and acting like an ass because others don't swallow the fur-ball that they have.
Can sacred and errant go hand in hand one asks?
Doesn't our humanity prove that point?
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