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Bible opens with two polar opposite stories about the creation of humans – but I could not see that for a very long
time. I had been taught to read my Bible from an “authority first” perspective. “Authority
first” is a very “religious” way
of reading the Bible and in my religion it meant – submit, comply, obey and don’t question authority! For us, God
was the highest authority of all and the leaders of our religion were
God’s authorized agents, therefore “good
Christians” were supposed to submit, comply,
obey and not question God’s authorized agents either!!! Continue reading at
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How important is it for people to understand what “ good ” and “ evil ” mean? For those of us with Christian Biblical Heritages, evil is a very important word . In the King James Version of the Bible the word “ evil ” appears 613 times . “ Good ” appears 720 times . I found this very interesting, because I heard a lot more about evil than I did about good in the church my family attended when I was growing up. That really stood out at the end of every church service when “ the invitation ” was given. It was an opportunity for “ lost ” people to be “ saved .” Why were they lost and why did they need to be saved? Continue reading at -- https://mailchi.mp/a38b5c20c334/who-created-good-and-evil
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