Not sure how to phrase my thread title really!
We have moved to a new area recently and joined a new church. DH and I were brought up in different kinds of Christian families (me C of E, him Christian Fellowship) and we have two DCs that we would like to be part of a church community with as a family.
We've found a very friendly local church, great for children and families and we've been a couple of times now. We like what we have seen so far.
However. We both (DH and I) see the Bible as a tool which can be open to interpretation. We do not believe that something that was written down and re-written and copied out and interpreted and mis-interpreted, translated and re-translated over many many years and throughout many different periods of history, can be seen as the word of law in its printed form. Even today, publishers use different words in their different editions (does that bit make sense?).
I like this new church, DD1 (4) seems to enjoy the Sunday School club, and we have found the topics of discussion interesting, socially aware and relevant, and not too "preachy" (I realise that's probably ironic!).
So would it be wrong to carry on going to this church, joining in with everything, but not agreeing with some of the leaders' lines about the bible being infallible? Does that make us hypocrites? We plan to teach our DCs that whilst there are a lot of excellent stories and things to make us think written down in the Bible, we should use it to think about our own lives and how it is relevant, and how it can be applied, not just take the printed word as fact. It is full of contradictions, which would make no sense if applied literally.
I don't think God lives in church, and I don't think the Bible is absolute. Does that make me (us, DH & I) ineligible?
Crisis of confidence really, I suppose....
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Joining a new Christian church where you aren't quite sure. Long, sorry!
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pookamoo · 13/01/2013 23:38
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