From:  (Nigel B. Mitchell)
Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Graeme's 6 points - was The Apocrypha
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 01:44:28 GMT

>On Sun, 09 Aug 1998 23:38:10 GMT,  (Nigel B.
>Mitchell) wrote:
>
>
>>>Are they God breathed ?
>>Yes, again.
>>
>>>without error?
>>No
>

On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 00:54:27 GMT,  (AJ) wrote:
>I again have trouble with this logic.
>God breathed scriptures that are in error.
>Can't conceive that.God is infallible.
>Would you agree?

What does "infallible" mean?
If God is infallible, does that make everything he creates
infallible?
If everything God does is infallible, when God inspires fallible
human beings to do something, is the result infallible?

Regardless of the answer to the first question, my answer to the
second and third questions is no.

God created the universe, but it is far from perfect.
Jesus established the Church, and sent his Holy Spirit upon it,
but it is far from perfect.
God created you and me, gave us faith and the gift ot the Holy
Spirit to live and witness as Christians, but we are far from
perfect. (well, I am, anyway). 

God inspired the authors of the Bible, but they, and their
writings, are far from perfect. 

cheers

N+

Nigel B. Mitchell

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