Opinion

Let me tell you a story of the God I deserve. He is all powerful, all knowing and ever present. His judgment is righteous and His love is overflowing. He is strict, kind and gentle. In order for the God I deserve to love me I need to abide in His love as an imperfect being. He already knows this and, in His love and mercy, provided a way. However, here in lies the problem, the problem with me. Even though remaining in the Lord’s love should be simple, I find other things more attractive. I turn away from Him, just for a moment and in that split second my adulterous nature reveals itself.

Most definitions of science contain something akin to ‘knowledge of truth’ and ‘using the scientific method / methodological reasoning of study.’ Nowadays, they also contain a disclaimer of ‘from the physical world’ but the basic core of finding and applying truth is still there.

Jesus Christ, on numerous occasions claimed to literally be ‘The Truth.’ That’s fairly ridiculous, and to my knowledge isn’t seen in any other major prophet or religion. Isn’t it a fairly radical idea that Truth could be a person?

If I was blatantly blaspheming against Christianity I would expect someone to correct me. Even if I was off on something a small bit or missing a point, or just plain wrong in something that I was doing, I would expect someone to hold me accountable to the standards that Jesus left for us. Furthermore, if I was completely disregarding Jesus in some way I would expect (or demand, for that matter) that someone had the nerve to confront me about it.

Inerrant's definition, like many definitions, varies from source to source. Generally, inerrancy is understood as "totally without error." When I was in high school, my English teacher offered us extra credit for each English-esque related error we found. When I turned in an error for extra credit taken straight out of my NRSV Bible, I received bonus points. Now, this presented me with a dilemma: if the Bible is truly without error, how is it that I find one in the Bible?

Scripture clearly demonstrates that God established the union between a man and his wife to be a metaphor of the relationship between God and His people - between Christ and His church. Paul states in his letter to the Ephesians: "'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church." (Ephesians 5:31-32 ESV).

I was impressed by the attendance of both skeptics and believers at the Creationist speaker and showing of Religulous this weekend, but was disappointed in the approach some believers took towards the skeptics. During the creationist speaker I was grateful that some members of the newly formed Skeptic's Society at Tech, composed primarily of atheists and agnostics, were in attendance. The skeptics were the ones near the front primarily dominating the Q&A period.

"Call within the next ten minutes and receive 3 CD's packed with all of your favorite praise and worship songs - all for only $19.99!  But wait!  There's more..."  I overheard my television singing and seducing from the next room over.  I didn't realize it at the time, but this meager commercial would really begin to bother me as the days passed.