Human beings wrote the Bible,
and each human being who helped to write
each part of the Bible over so many centuries
each carried in their own human foibles and fallibilities,
their own human prejudices, and
and how God is at work in the world.
Each interpreter of Biblical languages, literature, and cultures,
In so many centuries since,
has also been a human being,
and has also carried in
their own human foibles and fallibilities,
their own human prejudices, and
their own human understanding of who God is
and how God is at work in the world.
Our current and future understanding of the Bible,
its original languages, literature, and cultures,
our own human understanding of who God is
and how God is at work in the world,
will continue to be shaped
by our own human foibles and fallibilities,
our own human prejudices, and
our ever-evolving understanding of
science, archaeology, arts, history, and other
fields of study.
Let us never believe that we have uncovered
Everything there is to know
about the Bible, or about God.
July 2025, Rev. Le Anne Clausen de Montes is working on the Confession of 2025, an Ecumenical Refutation of Christian Nationalism and a Call to Christian Inclusionism.
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