I just don't understand how anyone reads the highly communitarian Hebrew Bible and a New Testament in which Jesus is constantly laboring to get people to think about a new style of social institutions and mores, and somehow mashes that into moralistic "personal relationship with Jesus Christ" Christianity. Partly the near-exclusive reading of the coffee mug edition of the Bible, I suspect-- but don't people want to found out about the contexts?
I thought deadly hurricanes were a sign of God's disapproval until three of them struck Florida in one season a few years ago, and evangelicals didn't say diddly squat.
I just don't understand how anyone reads the highly communitarian Hebrew Bible and a New Testament in which Jesus is constantly laboring to get people to think about a new style of social institutions and mores, and somehow mashes that into moralistic "personal relationship with Jesus Christ" Christianity. Partly the near-exclusive reading of the coffee mug edition of the Bible, I suspect-- but don't people want to found out about the contexts?
No. Because context requires critical thinking/discernment/a little bit of effort.
This. We are one.
I thought deadly hurricanes were a sign of God's disapproval until three of them struck Florida in one season a few years ago, and evangelicals didn't say diddly squat.
Because it's more fun to pass judgment on other people, silly.
There’s a correlation between silence over God’s disapproval and swing state electoral votes. And shut up about red states being tornado magnets.