tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post2096211020144688418..comments2023-03-24T02:59:15.447-07:00Comments on rogue wavelength: Bush the DeistSplashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-75964815115284659222008-12-15T18:27:00.000-08:002008-12-15T18:27:00.000-08:00"...I doubt that the majority of Christians accept...<I>"...I doubt that the majority of Christians accept every word of the Bible as literally factual."</I><BR/><BR/>The Bible, of course, is comprised of different types of literature. Where history is written, we must assume fact is intended. Where wisdom literature or prophecy are found literalism obviously wasn't intended. But since most American Christians -- incorrectly IMHO -- even read 'Revelation' literally, I'd say you're probably wrong on the numbers. <BR/><BR/>What Bush said was disappointing because it reflects the mindset that says "believe of scripture only what the 'great minds' of this world decree you safely may."<BR/><BR/>Personally, I prefer erring on the side of "over-belief" to falling short of the mark. The potential eternal consequences are far more bearable, to put it mildly. <BR/><BR/>But you're right about the headline. Bush would really be more of a universalist, which puts him outside orthodoxy nearly as far. Because when you claim Jesus <I>and</I> Buddha save, do you really know Christ at all?<BR/><BR/>Newton was no Deist, tho. He was (they say) Arian in his Christianity. Which, if true, would put him outside orthodoxy, too.Splashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-32929325819090548632008-12-14T06:23:00.000-08:002008-12-14T06:23:00.000-08:00As a devout Catholic, I really don't see anything ...As a devout Catholic, I really don't see anything wrong with what he said. Nothing about evolutionary adaptation is incompatible with Christianity. And I doubt that the majority of Christians accept every word of the Bible as literally factual. I know I sure don't. Bush is right; while there are literal truths in the Bible, such as the truth that Jesus is God's Son, a lot of the more fantastic elements, especially those in the Old Testament, should be read as containing general truths about God's relationship with humanity. <BR/><BR/>And your post title is inaccurate. Anyone who believes that Jesus is the Son of God cannot be considered a Deist. Thomas Jefferson was a Deist. Isaac Newton, by most accounts, was a Deist. Bush is not a Deist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-51749033729952307552008-12-11T12:08:00.000-08:002008-12-11T12:08:00.000-08:00I almost went with that, but I was afraid nobody u...I almost went with that, but I was afraid nobody under 25 would know who they are.Splashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-63757104105117871082008-12-11T08:57:00.000-08:002008-12-11T08:57:00.000-08:00I can't believe nobody's pointed out the President...I can't believe nobody's pointed out the President meeting with ZZ Top's family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-47959695353421288772008-12-10T23:57:00.000-08:002008-12-10T23:57:00.000-08:00Nah, he didn't actually say that. Just me cutting ...Nah, he didn't actually say that. Just me cutting up. Probably should have made that clearer. He's gotta be pretty used to being misquoted at this point, tho, I guess.Splashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16002119408041167128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-61160018454128578992008-12-10T23:13:00.000-08:002008-12-10T23:13:00.000-08:00I believe Evolutionism and Creationism are not nec...I believe Evolutionism and Creationism are not necessarily mutually exclusive. I'm not plunging into a deep debate about it that no one wins. Both sides seem terrified or are too bull-headed to give the other any ground, and that's silly.<BR/>Psalm 19: 1-3 verifies everything we've discovered through telescopes and microscopes and just plain opening our eyes and looking around.<BR/>--CI PhotogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7657735624614374241.post-19924924284824877242008-12-10T23:03:00.000-08:002008-12-10T23:03:00.000-08:00"Bush went on to explain his wide-open border poli..."Bush went on to explain his wide-open border policy with Mexico was, in fact, due largely to God having named His Son "Jesus, which of course is Esp'nole for 'Allah' or some such."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Holl-eee Cow! He actually said that?<BR/><BR/>I don't see how Washington,D.C. made him say that. Maybe what the dems and late night hosters have been right all along, sadly.<BR/>--CI PhotogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com