Hi, Pastor Michael. Hope you will be successful on Steemit.
As an atheist, I would like to ask you some more basic questions. Why Bible at all? Do you know The end of biblical studies by Hector Avalos?
Another question: maybe early Christian writings without general Bible perspective may contain more ideas and/or Inspiration then in the old Bible-box of the old Church?
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Hi Assayer. Thanks for your interaction. I have taught Bible in both Christian and secular institutions for many years and am familiar with many anti Bible books or at least books that are critical of the Bible, including Bart Ehrman and Robert Funk. I am not familiar with the particular book you mention. Just out of curiosity, have you read the Bible in a modern version?
I think Bart Ehrman's Lost Christianities may provoke exactly the same question I've asked. (Maybe early Christian writings without general Bible perspective contain more ideas and/or Inspiration then in the old Bible-box of the old Church?). Avalos is more radical. He wants to show that biblical studies basically "conceal the irrelevance of the Bible" for today's ethics and lifestyles.
I've read Bible in modern versions unless there was a controversy with the transmission or the translation of a particular text.