On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Jeffrey, we've had the same thread 100 times before. You're not missing
> anything.
>
> Although that inspired vs. actual distinction would go right over the
> average New Atheist's head.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com>
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Sent: Wed, March 24, 2010 11:53:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Americans and the bible
>
> i can't believe i've been missing the other thread altogether, and i have
> no
> time at the moment to catch up on it in a way to be really helpful, but it
> really is worth looking at all the data in this link, i think, because you
> see the split between protestants and catholics on the "actual word of god"
> question, and very much the same split between born-again and
> not-born-again
> protestants. to say that the bible is the actual word of god is a vastly
> different thing than to consider it "inspired," which allows much more room
> for interpretation. even the term "inspired" can be construed in a variety
> of ways, some more exclusivist, but most more inclusivist and pluralist,
> and
> even with something like a modern historical orientation.
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