
Episode 211: David P. Gushee - Christian Ethics & the Memory of Jesus
The Bible For Normal People
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Is the Bible an Infallible Rule Book?
A lot of people are coming from this idea that the bible is an infallible rule book, and it's pretty clear what you're supposed to do now. I would say that despite that rhetoric, it has never been that simple. It isn't just that we we have an infallible understanding of what those rules actually meant at the time. The bible also gives us norms for character, like our inner essence,. And jesus sets the paradime there with his other teachings about character. So responsibility goes beyond rules. Those who attempt to live responsibly an everyday life in the midst of various relationships know that rules are part of that. But it goes beyond that. One last thing, the
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