tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362232927871759836.post5642148277106712463..comments2023-03-31T04:48:58.366-07:00Comments on Ned's Faith Mumblings: Book Reviewnedbrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13484011165536152141noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362232927871759836.post-5384881465143617782008-09-23T07:47:00.000-07:002008-09-23T07:47:00.000-07:00Only, if you do that without having a comprehensiv...Only, if you do that without having a comprehensive understanding of your plaintiff's person and position, you're judging them, and unfairly at that.<BR/><BR/>Crossan isn't saying the Bible stories are lies. He's saying that he believes that, in the same manner that the Old Testament books came into being in a chronological order and the authors of them referenced the prior works that they had (Davids psalms reference in verse earlier books of the Bible, but obviously not later ones), the New Testament was assembled from a variety of accounts and sources by the Christian community so that they could have the best possible surviving record of Jesus' teachings with which to pass them on.<BR/><BR/>Doesn't sound "effectively atheist" theology to me.<BR/><BR/>In fact, it doesn't even sound like theology at all. It isn't; it's a kind of archeology. <BR/><BR/>In science, you advance positions based on evidence, and demonstrate their relationship. Some of your contemporaries find fault, and some agree with your positions. <BR/><BR/>Disagree strongly with the guy if you want, but assuming that you've had a "change of mind" and he hasn't isn't fair, especially when he's put his entire life into studying the Bible, and you don't really know much about him. You can't just assume that everybody whose scholarship disagrees with what you were taught is somehow an insult to the faith.lynch-patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10317527333150382940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362232927871759836.post-53430803260048131382008-09-23T03:30:00.000-07:002008-09-23T03:30:00.000-07:00Sure, but there is more to being a Christian than ...Sure, but there is more to being a Christian than just saying, "I'm a Christian".<BR/><BR/>There should be a "change of mind". That is, a total conversion is one's thinking. No Christian could say that the Gospel stories are lies. Crossan's theology is "effectively atheist". I divide all theologies into either "Christian" (related to God) or "atheist" (against God) :)nedbrekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13484011165536152141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362232927871759836.post-67866097168497177622008-09-22T23:00:00.000-07:002008-09-22T23:00:00.000-07:00For what it's worth, Crossan admits that he's a Ch...For what it's worth, Crossan admits that he's a Christian. <BR/><BR/>There may be an atheist conspiracy out there, but I think you're seeing things on this one. <BR/><BR/>Also, hi again. Guess I'm haunting your blog!lynch-patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10317527333150382940noreply@blogger.com