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Originally posted by tecoyah
I have noticed a little something....interesting. Both chavos, and Lebell are not mainline christian. You two actually seem to grasp the true fundamental message that the books try to express, without taking each line as "gods word".
I commend you for the effort involved in placing a modern face of ancient text. The difficulty, it seems to me, is in the millions who follow the "christianity 2.0 version" and have no desire to try the new Beta. Because many consider individual interpretation of the bible to be a bad thing...they are locked into a cycle of stagnation, and would probably consider you both as "bad" christians. Unfortunately they do make up the vocal majority of christianity, and are thus the societal face projected to the masses.
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I'd just like to disagree with this statement, on behalf on those of us who still hold to "Christianity 2.0"
and work to avoid being judgemental. From what I can tell on these forums, I have a quite high regard for Chavos (I don't know Lebell...), both personally and morally. Condemnation can run both ways -- both from the fundamentalists condemning everyone who doesn't hold to a literalist six-day creation to "Christianity 3.0" people who think of us traditionalist as judemental bigots stuck in the Middle Ages. I don't agree with Chavos's reading of scripture, but I'm not in a position to say whether or not he is saved. As Paul writes, "I do not even judge myself."