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Episode 2: Richard Rohr - A Contemplative Look at The Bible

The Bible For Normal People

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I'm Not a Deconstructionist, but a Herminutic

Andant: I think a lot of people go to the bible looking for truth, meaning an opinion that corresponds to reality. And i'm quite convinced many things in the bible are historically true, ore at least historically based. So my herminutic is, i hope, one that can open people to present tense experiences of god, of love, of consciousness, of freedom, of joy. My bible is marked up. It's sitting here right next t me. It's the bible that gives me the self confidence to talk the way i talk. But if they still need to triumph over their enemies, because they'll find a hundred texts to justify it,. If they're still egoc

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