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Subject: Re: The Bible should be read within its cultural environment. Author: XOX [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 14:20:27 05/01/04 Sat In reply to: Liberal 's message, "The Bible should be read within its cultural environment." on 13:48:12 05/01/04 Sat //Liberals realize the cultural context of sexism in the Bible and understand the comments about women in the Scriptures by examining the times. They were descriptive, not prescriptive for us. For our faith to be relevant, Christianity need to change with the modern world.// Agreed. We couldn't help but change with time. Not that we 'follow' the world and adopt whatever the 'norm' is right now. What I believe that Jesus warned us about is Christians loosing focus and districted from our ideals. For example, we go to a resturant to eat. When the bill came, we found that the bill is wrong and it charge us much less than it is supposed to. What we do as Chrisitans could follow our own understanding of the ideal and most probably notify the waiter that the bill is wrong. The same would go for the wrong change. But Jesus didn't say we shouldn't learn how to be a moder persons, using whatever technology or knowledge this age could offer. The fact that we see a lot of fundie publication online is just another hypocrisy of how fundie operate. If they could accept themselves to change with time and use the modern technology, why couldn't they accept that new evidence come up to evolution, that creation story is probably an anology. That Gender equality is the right thing to do and the scripture is just descriptive of the culture of that time. //"Gradually I stopped filtering and twisting information. I learned more and more and felt better and better. I didn't want to see people only as potential converts. I wanted to love them for who they were and I wanted to love life here and now. Eventually I stopped categorizing people as sheep and goats, saved and damned. I was on my way out."// Liberal: That is my experience too! Me too. //But then the question comes. Are people with this kind of mentality Liberal Christians or Ex-Christians? How to differentiate? As Â÷±ÐªÌ¤§®a exists, what should be the position and mission of a Hong Kong Liberal Christian Fellowship? And what should be the relationship between the two? Maybe we are complimentary. Those Ex-Fundamentalists who do not want to have any dealing with Christianity anymore can go to Â÷±ÐªÌ¤§®a and those who do not want to give up their Christian identity can come to Hong Kong Liberal Christian Fellowship. Both can provide emotional support for Ex-Fundamentalists. // Yes. Not only complimentary but supportive as well. We are not there to tell Christianity to them again, as they probably know a lot about it. But as we share 'bad experience from fundies, we could at least offer our understanding and support. And should I say 'love'. They are our neighbors. We probably share more things in common than we have with fundies. So if they want, we could be their friends. And let them know that we not only respect but understand why they leave the fold. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]