Friday, May 15, 2009

The Happy Agnostic?

Someone else now has it all figured out. "The Bibles not meant to be taken literaly" he says. "Christianity is just about knowing who Jesus was" he claims. "There was no resurection" he explains with authority. Who is this progressive thinking teller of truth? None other than Bart Ehrman . He is gaining popularity as someone that realy knows what Jesus is about. He has found followers that find his explinations resonating with what they have not been able to put into words. So what are we poor Christians to do? Are we to become more educated? For some I would say yes. Why only some? Because few of us can make an intellegent argument for what positions we stand on in our faith. Some should not. Those that think that education is the answer to our lack of depth in an exceedingly antichristian world should rethink there proposal. Im not against reason, however doing ten more bible studies isn't going to make anyone ten steps closer to a deeper relationship with their Lord. For them I would say read your Bible for the pure pleasure of spending time with their Father. But Mr. Ehrman wants you to believe that you cant trust the Bible to do that for you cause its all wrong. What started him on his search for truth. By his own admission its because he couldn't grasp "how there could be a God with so much suffering in the world". I wonder how many of us could answer that question. How many of us know our Father well enough to help someone in pain with that kind of question.
My concern is for those that will find a familiar vioce that agrees with how they feel regaurdless of its truthfullness.

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