Monday, June 25, 2007
Bible reading: the be-all, but not the end-all
Trying to get the house ready to sell, and working for a living, plus working ahead so I can be off next week, is wearin' me out. And it's liable to break me.
I'm too pooped to pop, as Mama ER used to say.
So here, read this from Geoffrey. It comes with the ER Seal of Approval. :-)
--ER
I'm too pooped to pop, as Mama ER used to say.
So here, read this from Geoffrey. It comes with the ER Seal of Approval. :-)
--ER
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Thank you, obviously, but I really don't say all that much. I'm not sure I said anything at all - just we need to be aware that reading is not a passive act, but a lively, on-going argument with ourselves, the texts we read, and others who read them. By all means, however, come visit, read, comment, whatever. Just don't expect anything too profound or anything.
I don't reckon you realize just how profound those thoughts are to one surrounded by an uncritical "God said it, I believe it, that settles it" approach to Scripture.
Oh, and "Blessed Assurance," with which Geoffrey closes his post, was a Mama ER favorite, and is one of mine. :-)
Just some general observations: Indeed Paul did actually write Paul's letters, but as noted by GKS "Timothy" wasn't one of them. Hmm, reading was not exactly a very big past time for early 1st and 2nd century Christians, they didn't have much to read on Christianity and most could not read at all. But the the big fight was, as is indicated in the New Testament, did you have to become "Jewish" to become "Christian". Paul said no, the Jewish Desciples said yes. The Gentile/Roman Orthodoxy brand name won out in the end against the other 20 odd christian brand names, first through Constantine and then via Theodosious who actually made Orthodox Christianity the official Roman Religion (shut down the religious competitors of all ilks by force more often than not), adopted the old Nicene Creed from the prior century and caused the Bible to be standardized. The winner writes the history, and Timothy served the interest of the winner.
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