Comments on: Just a thought … on God as author http://punctum-saliens.org/2007/08/24/just-a-thought-on-god-as-author/ Leaping Point: Take a flying leap and see where you land Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:51:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nathan Pralle http://punctum-saliens.org/2007/08/24/just-a-thought-on-god-as-author/comment-page-1/#comment-1493 Nathan Pralle Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:59:38 +0000 http://punctum-saliens.org/2007/08/24/just-a-thought-on-god-as-author/#comment-1493 I think you're absolutely on the ball with this one. To add to this, I would postulate that perhaps God's purpose in making the Bible fairly vague and interpretive is to keep us as humans from getting hung up on the details of the faith and religion and instead keep us questioning, open to options, and constantly evaluating answers that are presented. I fully believe that it is one of my charges as a human to question the world around me and to develop a worldview of my own scrutiny. If I had hard-and-fast rules laid out for me in the Bible, that weren't subject to interpretation, I very well may (if my faith was strong) use it as a rock-solid ruler against life, never varying from the guidelines presented there, never questioning the ideas. Whereas there are many fundamentalist groups that believe making interpretations and inquiries into the, "laws of God", is akin to spitting in the holy water, I think it only enhances our lives to have the many options and avenues open for us. That is...as long as you don't get hung up on the details. ;) I think you’re absolutely on the ball with this one. To add to this, I would postulate that perhaps God’s purpose in making the Bible fairly vague and interpretive is to keep us as humans from getting hung up on the details of the faith and religion and instead keep us questioning, open to options, and constantly evaluating answers that are presented.

I fully believe that it is one of my charges as a human to question the world around me and to develop a worldview of my own scrutiny. If I had hard-and-fast rules laid out for me in the Bible, that weren’t subject to interpretation, I very well may (if my faith was strong) use it as a rock-solid ruler against life, never varying from the guidelines presented there, never questioning the ideas.

Whereas there are many fundamentalist groups that believe making interpretations and inquiries into the, “laws of God”, is akin to spitting in the holy water, I think it only enhances our lives to have the many options and avenues open for us.

That is…as long as you don’t get hung up on the details. ;)

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