Comments on The Rebel God: Exegesis # 4 - Critiquing Biblical Criticism

Hmm, okay. I'm not sure where I denied the his...

2010-05-14T22:15:47.735-07:00

Hmm, okay. I'm not sure where I denied the historicity of the Bible. I was actually complaining about that in the above blog post.

I think the Misfit is referring to the words that ...

2010-05-14T19:08:38.598-07:00

I think the Misfit is referring to the words that make up the Bible. If such words are not historical, why give them more significance than, say, the Iliad? Why not read Shakespeare in Church, then?

I'm not following you here... what "words...

2009-12-27T14:24:02.191-08:00

I'm not following you here... what "words" with a "special status" are you referring to here? Did you mean to post this comment on another post maybe?

Seems to me that this is dancing around an issue. ...

2009-12-27T11:30:08.878-08:00

Seems to me that this is dancing around an issue. Why do these words get special status as opposed to all other collections of words.

If you deny historicity as the reason why these words get special status, what are you left with? WHY are you reading these words theologically and not some other set of words.

I don't have an answer to my question, or suspect your answer or anything. I am really just wondering aloud.