What are the three Christian denominations that you think are as close to having "it" as they can? (You mentioned Episcopalians, I'd be curious to see if there are some others). I LOVE the United Church of Canada, but in America our Methodists, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians are all split up.
You have certainly engaged with far more moderate-liberal Christian traditions and have no doubt been exposed to the variety of ways in which Christians read Scripture. But I get confused when you talk about the relation of faith and science, the inspiration of Scripture, and other matters and speak as if Christianity monolithically affirms a conservative view of Scripture. Given your advocacy in your church life for social justice issues over the past ~5 years of your ministry, you had to have known that there were other ways of being Christian that love all of humanity even without the rationale being that we do it simply because that's would Jesus would do (or whatever), not to mention favorable views of science and human knowledge in general. For example, I study under theologians and biblical scholars who even see LGBT relationships affirmed in Scripture, even under Israelite law. They still don't use this interpretation as the reason Christians should affirm LGBT relationships, but they certainly see it as a reason for Christians not to oppose LGBT relationships. In general they believe Christianity should be fundamentally life-affirming in all its aspects. Wherever Christianity fails to do this, these type of Christians would seek ways to correct and re-constitute Christianity so it does so. So how did Christianity come to be objectionable on the basis of biblical interpretation for you in light of the complexity of interpretive procedures out there?
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What are the three Christian denominations that you think are as close to having "it" as they can? (You mentioned Episcopalians, I'd be curious to see if there are some others). I LOVE the United Church of Canada, but in America our Methodists, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians are all split up.
You have certainly engaged with far more moderate-liberal Christian traditions and have no doubt been exposed to the variety of ways in which Christians read Scripture. But I get confused when you talk about the relation of faith and science, the inspiration of Scripture, and other matters and speak as if Christianity monolithically affirms a conservative view of Scripture. Given your advocacy in your church life for social justice issues over the past ~5 years of your ministry, you had to have known that there were other ways of being Christian that love all of humanity even without the rationale being that we do it simply because that's would Jesus would do (or whatever), not to mention favorable views of science and human knowledge in general. For example, I study under theologians and biblical scholars who even see LGBT relationships affirmed in Scripture, even under Israelite law. They still don't use this interpretation as the reason Christians should affirm LGBT relationships, but they certainly see it as a reason for Christians not to oppose LGBT relationships. In general they believe Christianity should be fundamentally life-affirming in all its aspects. Wherever Christianity fails to do this, these type of Christians would seek ways to correct and re-constitute Christianity so it does so. So how did Christianity come to be objectionable on the basis of biblical interpretation for you in light of the complexity of interpretive procedures out there?
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