"…Neither is this Thou" (- C. Williams)

Just read an article on the Family Research Council and its ties to James Dobson’s Focus on the Family. They have a very fundamental epistemological problem: Their theological paradigm lands them on the science-denying side of the pursuit of religious knowledge… Their approach to biblical texts builds a house of cards that denies the obvious about the texts themselves. In the end, their attitude and efforts serve the spirit of the Pharisees instead of the spirit of Jesus. They then arrive at conclusions on ethical issues that bring their denial of science together with an untenable hermeneutics. The biblical texts cannot trump science and be epistemologically credible in our time. (These Christians give Jesus yet another ‘Copernican black eye.’ The earth revolves around the Sun, after all?) The result is interpretation that is life-diminishing. The better way of interpretation is in awe of creation, rather than afraid of what might be discovered. And so, it is open to life.