APOSTASY!

 

Liberal Catholic parish discusses Bible as 'false idol,' promotes homosexual, anti-life causes

Matt C. Abbott

7/04/2006

 

A reader alerted me to the Web site of St. Joan of Arc Church in the St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese.

The site is loaded with left-wing material, but this item caught my eye: The parish's weekly Bible study group held a discussion on a book titled Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, by Bart D. Ehrman.

One of the group's facilitators wrote:

...Since God did not see fit to preserve the original manuscripts, as an all-powerful God presumably can do, that is a pretty good sign that the Bible is not inerrant, much less a foolproof guide to the questions of the present age, such as abortion, women's rights, gay rights, religious supremacy, Western-style democracy, etc. We can't set up the Bible as a false idol....

And the "Discussion questions" for this topic?

Why, if our beliefs are more profound and more rational, do we need to denigrate the gullibility and obstinacy of Bible literalists? Why does their faith appear to be more intense than ours (or does it)?

If the Bible is not the inerrant word of God, what value does it have?

Has our experience with the Bible led to any faith journey changes of course among us, as happened to the author?

FULL STORY at
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/abbott/060704

 

According to John 17:17, Jesus prayed to his Father, "Sanctify them through the truth: thy word is truth."

 

Proverbs 30:5-6, "Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar."

 

Psalms 12:6, "The word of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times."

 

2 Timothy 3:16-17, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."

 

2 Peter 1:20-21, "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation.  For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."