lets petition for the withdrawal of the apology
The faith part is to believe that this actually is the infallible word of God, the faith is kinda based on it.
If you do not believe the bible has the word of God then what makes it better than the Quran or the Kamasutra or any other nice book? Or is your faith based on the pope saying he's the pope, in which case, what makes him better than any mullah or guru or whoever?
"Topic is tired and needs a nap." - Tosa Inu
There is a difference between believing it to be the inspired word of God and it being the litteral word of God. The Gospels have manifest errors of fact, they cannot agree on the date of Jesus' birth. To suggest that the Bible is the infallable word of God is to suggest that God is incompetant.
In other words, it is blasphemy.
I'm able to distinguish between the direct Word and the Word as passed through human voices, hands, and minds.If you do not believe the bible has the word of God then what makes it better than the Quran or the Kamasutra or any other nice book? Or is your faith based on the pope saying he's the pope, in which case, what makes him better than any mullah or guru or whoever?
As regards the Pope, let me state, once again, I am not a Papist.
The Pope's willingness to excomunicate has been the cause of most formal schisms, one might compare with the conduct of the current Archbishop of Canterbury who has not excomunicated the American or African Primates, and has avoided formal schism.
"If it wears trousers generally I don't pay attention."
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Well, I only remembered it because I had an internet discussion with someone who thought that the Bible told us the Earth is round before it was scientifically proven- ignoring the fact that circles are two dimensional.
If I recall correctly there was a fuss once about Pi (number) because the Old Testament implicitly declared that the proper number was a round 3
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