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September 2019 Newsletter |
Genesis read as Symbolic Poetry = Anti-Christian Elitism |
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TOXIC UNBIBLICAL COROLLARIES |
SYMBOLIC POETRY | LITERAL HISTORY | HIDDEN TREASURES OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE | |
| anti-Christian | Christocentric | |||
| (1) TROJAN HORSE: Like some of the Book of Revelation, some of Genesis supposedly needs non-literal interpreting. | (1) VIRUS SCAN: Unlike in Revelation, anti-Christian humanism,* stealth Unitarianism,** and naturalistic naiveté*** infect non-literal readings of Genesis. | |||
| (2) OPTIMISM ON HUMAN NATURE: Non-literal interpretations of Genesis are allegedly sound, according to … | (2) PESSIMISM ON HUMAN NATURE: Non-literal interpretations of Genesis are suspect, based on … | |||
| (3) ANTI-CHRISTIAN HUMANISM*: Man is good, needing no divine Savior. | (3) CHRISTIAN ANTI-HUMANISM: Man is corrupt, needing a divine Savior. | |||
| (4) RELATIVISM: Non-literal interpretations of Genesis claim an absolute Source of Truth (i.e., God) but have no absolute Content of Truth, save what interpreters say. | (4) ABSOLUTISM: Literal Truth always has the same absolute Content (i.e., Scripture understood literally) as well as the same absolute Source (i.e., God). | |||
| (5) REVISABILITY: Interpretations are ever prone to revision. | (5) IMMUTABILITY: Literal meanings never change. | |||
| (6) SERVILITY: Non-literal interpretations of Genesis kowtow to atheistic evolutionary Biology. | (6) INDEPENDENCE: God's supernatural Word forever trumps human naturalistic tentativity. | |||
| (7) PLASTICITY OF CHRIST: If interpretation of God's written Word evolves, so does Christ His Personal Word. | (7) CONSISTENCY OF CHRIST: Literal Truths of God's written Word never evolve, nor does Christ His Personal Word. | |||
| (8) STEALTH UNITARIANISM**: If God is changeless while Christ evolves and the Holy Spirit teaches morphing Truth, Christ and the Holy Spirit are not God. | (8) STARK TRINITARIANISM: Christ and the Holy Spirit are changeless like God the Father, all three being co-equal. | |||
| (9) NATURALISTIC NAIVETÉ***: Interpreting Genesis to ape “theistic evolution” requires … | (9) UNMASKING UNNATURALISM: Theistic evolution (i.e., “supernaturalistic naturalism” or “unnatural natural selection”) is logically impossible. | |||
| (10) COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: Thinking like anti-Christians though believing as a Christian is schizophrenic. | (10) RENEWED HEARTS BUT NOT MINDS: No man can serve two masters, nor can a divided house stand, nor can two who disagree walk together. | |||
| elitism | democracy | |||
SYLLABUS OF VICES |
(11) EXCLUSION: Few can perceive true meanings. | (11) INCLUSION: All can perceive true meanings. | CATALOG OF VIRTUES | |
| (12) CRYPTIC CODETALK: Literal meanings of words may not be their real meanings. | (12) OCCAM'S RAZOR: The simplest possible meanings – i.e., literal meanings – are best. | |||
| (13) DISCRIMINATION: The Holy Spirit teaches some Christians. | (13) NO PREFERENCES: The Holy Spirit teaches all Christians. | |||
| (14) SUBJECTIVISM: Different non-literal interpretations of Genesis clash, because … | (14) OBJECTIVISM: Democratic literalists automatically agree, because … | |||
| (15) CONFUSION: The Holy Spirit purportedly teaches different Christians different non-literal interpretations. | (15) HARMONY: The Holy Spirit actually teaches all Christians the same meanings. | |||
| (16) DOUBT: Conflicting non-literal interpretations of Genesis cannot all be right, and must sow discord. | (16) TRUST: Shyster-proof democratic literalism clarifies obvious right and wrong. | |||
| (17) QUASI-PRIESTHOODS: Self-appointed pseudo-experts broker non-literal interpretations of Genesis. | (17) NO GATEKEEPERS: In-groups and outsiders freely and equally access Truth. | |||
| (18) PECKING ORDER: Credential-mongering certifies non-literal interpretations of Genesis. | (18) NO SPECIAL PERKS: Union cards are unneeded to know Truth. | |||
| (19) FACTIONALISM: By their fruits ye shall know them – schools of thought, skepticism, agnosticism, cynicism. | (19) UNANIMITY: Democratic literalists shun empire-building rivalries. | |||
| (20) MARKETEERING: Profit-seeking non-literal interpreting of Genesis follows the money (e.g., academic positions, book sales, lecture fees). | (20) NO SALESMANSHIP: Democratic literalists do not institutionalize or self-hype. | |||