re the arrogance of christians vbv r d eeap cwru edu virgilio dean b velasco jr writes in article apr athos rutgers edu caralv caralv auto trol com carol alvin writes virgilio dean b velasco jr writes carol alvin writes are all truths also absolutes is all of scripture truths and therefore absolutes the answer to both questions is yes an absolute is something that is constant across time culture situations etc true in every instance possible do you agree with this definition yes i do agree with your definition example of women covering their heads and not speaking hold it i said that all of scripture is true however discerning exactly what jesus paul and company were trying to say is not always so easy i don t believe that paul was trying to say that all women should behave that way rather he was trying to say that under the circumstances at the time the women he was speaking to would best avoid volubility and cover their heads this has to do with maintaining a proper witness toward others remember that any number of relativistic statements can be derived from absolutes for instance it is absolutely right for christians to strive for peace however this does not rule out trying to maintain world peace by resorting to violence on occasion yes my opinion i agree that there is truth in scripture there are principles to be learned from it claiming that that truth is absolute though seems to imply a literal reading of the bible if it were absolute truth constant across time culture etc then no interpretation would be necessary it may be that the lessons gleaned from various passages are different from person to person to me that doesn t mean that one person is right and the other is wrong i believe that god transcends our simple minds and that scripture may very well have been crafted with exactly this intent god knows me and knows that my needs are different from yours or anyone else s by claiming that scripture is absolute then at least one person in every disputed interpretation must be wrong i just don t believe that god is that rigid evangelicals are clearly not taking this particular part of scripture to be absolute truth and there are plenty of other examples can you reconcile this sure the bible preaches absolute truths however exactly what those truths are is sometimes a matter of confusion as i said the bible does preach absolute truths sometimes those fundamental principles are crystal clear at least to evangelicals this is where the arrogance comes in to play since these principles are crystal clear to evangelicals maybe the rest of us should just take their word for it maybe it isn t at all crystal clear to me that their fundamental principles are either fundamental or principles i think we ve established that figuring out biblical truth is a matter of human interpretation and therefore error prone yet you can still claim that some of them may be crystal clear maybe to a certain segment of christianity but to all it s very difficult to see how you can claim something which is based on your own interpretation is absolute god revealed his truths to the world through his word it is utterly unavoidable however that some people whill come up with alternate interpretations practically anything can be misinterpreted especially when it comes to matters of right and wrong care to deny that not at all i think it supports my position much more effectively than yours so i think that your position is the bible is absolute truth but as we are prone to error in our interpretation we cannot reliably determine if we have figured out what that truth is did i get that right what s the point of spending all this time claiming and defending absolute truth when we can never know what those truths are and we can never or at least shouldn t act upon them what practical difference can this make carol alvin caralv auto trol com
