Since we started this class, it had been interesting to read the Bible in other settings. For instance, I meet in a Bible study every Monday with some guys who live in Warren with me. It is pretty informal and relaxed, but we often read some passage and then discuss it. Since we have started reading the Bible through a literary perspective, it has affected how I read the Bible in my off time. I find myself dissecting passages and looking for patterns or reasoning behind certain sayings that I simply didn't do before.
I am not exactly sure if this is a good thing overall though. As a Christian, the Bible is sacred and God ordained. To point all flaws in it seems to go against my worldview in a way. Reading the Bible and really diving into it is good and helpful and can help you grow as a Christian, but to dissect it to the point of somehow finding fault in the Word seems wrong to me. And maybe I shouldn't put the Bible on such a pedestal and I should be looking for faults in it. I am not really sure.
-Jacob Millay
Jacob,
ReplyDeleteI don't think the issue is to "point all flaws in it." I do think that there are a lot of approaches and a lot of ways to read that are helpful.