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wbrad13
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 04:07 am |
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Do you agree that it is correct to say that the Bible can be considered the Book of the knowedge of good and evil ?
Since the Bible is referred to as the (written) Word of God, does the Bible not contain the information that is needed to help in determining that which is good and that which is evil ?
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Robert
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 11:19 am |
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HI Will,
Do you agree that it is correct to say that the Bible can be considered the Book of the knowedge of good and evil?
Not really. Although there are many situations in the books of the Bible that deal with good and evil, the Bible is in and of itself, the “story” of man’s journey with God from creation to redemption and beyond. It is also a compilation of historical facts and reports.
As we know the knowledge of good and evil was acquired by humankind without the aid of Bible.
Since the Bible is referred to as the (written) Word of God, does the Bible not contain the information that is needed to help in determining that which is good and that which is evil?
It clearly does contain the information on good and evil, but I think that singling out only one aspect of a very comprehensive and multifaceted collection of inspired writings is too detract from the message intended by the inspired writers.
I always liked the song “I’m using my Bible as road map” 
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 12:20 pm |
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I suppose so, but that's not really what it's all about.
Like Robert said, the bible is, fundamentally, a collection of documents, inspired by God, recognized by the Church, that tells us the wonderful story of our Salvation, from the Fall all the way up to the establishment of the Church.
Can we use it to discern the mind of God on moral issues? Absolutely! But if we reduce the Holy Writ to just a set of dos and don'ts... or even a set of philosophical propositions from which we may derive the truth... we're missing the whole point.
If we were writing a book report about the Bible, and the first sentence had to be, "The Bible is all about <blank>," how could we best fill in the blank? The answer, of course, is with "Jesus." The Bible is all about Jesus. Every book, practically every chapter and verse, is crammed full of references to the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Candlemass
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 12:31 pm |
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Robert wrote: HI Will,
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As we know the knowledge of good and evil was acquired by humankind without the aid of Bible.
We really didn't do a good job of discerning between the two! 
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Robert
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 12:34 pm |
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"The Bible is all about <blank>
The Bible is all about <God's love for his creation>. 
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Posted: Mon Apr 28th, 2008 02:28 pm |
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I like Robert's and William's take on how we should approach Scripture and apply it in our lives. It's far too easy for many people to take the easy way out of this thicket by falling on the old country saying "The Bible Says it, I believe it, that settles it." And it's spooky to realize how many people nowadays are turning to this approach, even reasonably educated people whom we might think of as being too knowledgeable to user such a simplistic approach.
On the other hand, perhaps we should also look at our increasingly hectic lifestyles where compartmentalization has been packed into so many lives as yet, ironically enough, yet another compartment to manage. (I know, you're wondering what's he thinking ... but we only need to see how often we do tend to box off little areas of our lives, including -- and this is crucial to this thread -- how much time we put into even reading Scripture for simply tryng to understand something in the Catechism or what we read about in the papers.
Inadvertently, so many of us are proof-texting ourselves and this makes falling back on that old country expression-turned-modus operandi a very iffy proposition.
But if any of you are up for a real challenge, try and explain my cautionary notes and some of yours to our more adamant adherents to "Bible Christianity."
I was thinking of double-daring somebody on this, but on the other hand, your time is too busy and precious to waste on what'll most likely end in a fool's errand. Like wrestling with a pig; you get all dirty and upset, the pig gets all dirty and only upset if you distract him from the trough; which in this case for a hard-core fundie -- serious, and I MEAN serious Bible Study.
Where else do some of these folks learn how "apostate" we Catholics are?
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