tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801613569339727314.post3393096815968493376..comments2024-01-15T14:43:29.749-08:00Comments on The Village Elliot: In Defense of Biblical Barbarism.The Village Elliot.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04067573537341001185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801613569339727314.post-73190943374911354322013-12-28T16:12:51.973-08:002013-12-28T16:12:51.973-08:00Very well put, David. I like the fly in the amber...Very well put, David. I like the fly in the amber analogy also. Yes I agree with your explanation virtually completely (this may be a first!). We probably do not do God much of a service by trying to assign him the role of petty rulemaker. If he can help us to set a new direction for our own lives, that's probably good enough! imho. <br /> <br />.The Village Elliot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04067573537341001185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801613569339727314.post-7075392771283924932013-12-28T09:21:34.119-08:002013-12-28T09:21:34.119-08:00I like your hermeneutic better than many, Elliot. ...I like your hermeneutic better than many, Elliot. I would suggest another, perhaps compatible hermeneutic. The Bible is not so much a book as it is a library in which is trapped (almost like a fly in amber) an evolving experience of and understanding of who God is and what God desires of us. God has not changed over that time, but our understanding of God has. Since this "fly in the amber library" creates a kind of trajectory that we can and must extrapolate from in order to know how to understand God and ourselves in the present and the future. However, on a more spiritual level, the Bible is not intended to describe or contain God, nor to circumscribe our behavior with a set of laws. By the power and intention of the Holy Spirit it creates a "space" wherein the believer may encounter the Living God (who can never be fully understood or described) and to learn from Him how we ought to conduct our lives.<br />Dave Comstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202217899665094445noreply@blogger.com