The issue concerns the authority of scripture. What is the Bible? That is the question that is being worked out here at Lambeth.<\/p>\n
What concerns me is that the conservatives in our church want to pick and choose which lines of scripture are meant to be taken literally and which are more metaphoric.<\/p>\n
Of course, it says that a man lying with a man is an abomination, but it also says that eating shellfish is the same. Do we storm the Lobster Pot restaurant and brand all inside as sinners?<\/p>\n
I find that the issue of divorce to be a good marker for this discussion.<\/p>\n
In the Bible, Jesus is emphatic, divorce is not permissible, no debate, no back-sliding. And this is Jesus, not Leviticus or St Paul; this is the founder of our faith.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a> and then take the time to read this old blog thread and the comments and linked material<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The issue concerns the authority of scripture. What is the Bible? That is the question that is being worked out here at Lambeth. What concerns me is that the conservatives in our church want to pick and choose which lines…<\/span><\/p>\n