There are two worlds within Christianity. In one the Bible is a sacred text with a history and context that should figure into how it is read and interpreted. In the other it was dictated by God/Jesus and cannot be questioned or put in context and there's basically no way to have bridge that divide. - ThreadSky

josephinerobertson.com • 81 days ago

There are two worlds within Christianity. In one the Bible is a sacred text with a history and context that should figure into how it is read and interpreted. In the other it was dictated by God/Jesus and cannot be questioned or put in context and there's basically no way to have bridge that divide.

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iamtheaquarian.bsky.social•79 days ago

So accurate! It’s night and day, and watching one transform into the other almost overnight was horrifying.

josephinerobertson.com•79 days ago

My parents fell into the literalist camp in the last 20 years and yes, it's baffling to watch.

umaija.bsky.social•80 days ago

Religions have distorted the original teachings of people, who came to jumpstart our evolution at a time when most people were illiterate. They got some things right (e.g. Golden Rule found in all wisdom teachings). But they also got many things in error. Context and interpretation is everything.

shewmaker.bsky.social•81 days ago

It is likely possible that there are some religious groups who fit your 2nd description but if you mean it to apply to all who believe that the scriptures are of divine origin that is a gross misrepresentation.

Historical, Chronological, and Circumstantial context are all vital to understanding.

josephinerobertson.com•81 days ago

Did I ever say what you just said? I did not. If the shoe fits, wear it, as my Grandmother said. If not, why are you upset unless you find yourself afraid there IS a line beyond which you aren't willing to question or contextualize, then there's some place to apply reflection.

shewmaker.bsky.social•81 days ago

First, I am not upset.

Second, maybe you did not mean to imply that there are only two worlds when you wrote "There are two worlds within Christianity".

You also wrote "there's basically no way to have bridge that divide."

I believe that men wrote what God told them to write. 2 Peter 1:20-21

josephinerobertson.com•81 days ago

That's dictation, and usually the text cannot be questioned. That is the world on the other side of a deep divide from mine which believes human beings had such powerful experiences of the divine they were compelled to tell the story and some of those stories resonated & w others. ie inspired.

josephinerobertson.com•81 days ago

But those who had the experiences of God, and who told the stories, were human beings, embedded in a particular culture and context and we cannot forget that when we read their stories because we are very different people in incredibly different contexts.

shewmaker.bsky.social•81 days ago

Although I expect that my view of inspiration differs from yours, I do believe that God used the personalities and the cultures of those with whom He worked.

Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah were contemporaries.

All the original apostles had grown up in a limited region but Paul in a Roman colony.

josephinerobertson.com•81 days ago

Yes, there are two worlds. There are those who can critique and question our texts and those who cannot. The world of those who CAN critique includes a WHOLE LOT of folks who believe in divine inspiration because that idea has immense diversity in what is meant by it.

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