My conservative brothers and sisters seem to argue that God revealed everything to us in scripture. Ever since, it has simply been our difficult but straightforward task to conform ourselves to God's will revealed there and to repent when we are unable or unwilling to do so. For me, there is something static and lifeless in such a view of God. Could it be that even the Bible is too small a box in which to enclose God?
Gene RobinsonWhen you claim to have the truth, as opposed to the truth as you perceive it, then you move us toward a theocratic view of government.
Gene RobinsonLeft to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.
Gene RobinsonFaith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may be fixed and unchanging, but our comprehension of that truth will always be partial and flawed at best.
Gene RobinsonI think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion.
Gene RobinsonThe bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused.
Gene RobinsonMy conservative brothers and sisters seem to argue that God revealed everything to us in scripture. Ever since, it has simply been our difficult but straightforward task to conform ourselves to God's will revealed there and to repent when we are unable or unwilling to do so. For me, there is something static and lifeless in such a view of God. Could it be that even the Bible is too small a box in which to enclose God?
Gene Robinson