Mistakes
What is the Bible often treated as?
An allegory
How many steps to reading the bible well
10
What do we bring our experience to?
Bear
What is the Argument from Disagreement
People disagree on moral issues. Therefore no one is right or wrong
What is the issue with focusing on what the text means to me?
We treat application as if it is of first importance.
What do we assume the Bible isnt today?
People assume it isnt relevant today?
What does Hermeneutics mean
To interpret
What do we look for between passages?
Relationships
What is the issue with making the Bible politically correct?
Whats new isnt necessarily true.
What do people over focus on when it comes to reading the Bible?
What it means to them?
Two Arguments for Moral Relativism
Arguments from Disagreement and Arguments for Tolerance
What should we understand when reading the Bible?
genre, context, and content
What is the no moral progress problem?
Getting better presupposes a best, an objective good toward which we can strive. If moral relativism is true there is no objective thing.
What do people ignore when reading the Bible?
Reading difficult passages.
Tolerance presupposes what
Objective values
What is step 3?
Choose a translation.
What is the Reformers Fallacy?
The reformer is being immoral by trying to improve society. They are going against what society wants and therefore going against the core beliefs of moral relativism.