Comments on: Seduced by the Narrative https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/03/seduced-by-the-narrative/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:13:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Nora https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/03/seduced-by-the-narrative/#comment-3205 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:13:06 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/01/03/seduced-by-the-narrative/#comment-3205 4. I think homosexuality, as such, in the New Testament is not discussed.

When I read this comment, I wondered how the writer

interprets Romans 1:24-28. This was written by the Apostle Paul. I can see only one way to interpret these verses.

]]> By: Timothy Kincaid https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/03/seduced-by-the-narrative/#comment-3204 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:58:47 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/01/03/seduced-by-the-narrative/#comment-3204 Warren,

Just for clarification, are you part of the transcribed or the inspired camp?

]]> By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/03/seduced-by-the-narrative/#comment-3203 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:30:49 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/01/03/seduced-by-the-narrative/#comment-3203 Timothy – In my tradition, we talk about the written Word of God and the Living Word. In Evangelicalism it is the foundation of faith and practice and the all around Bottom Line.

]]> By: Michael Bussee https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/03/seduced-by-the-narrative/#comment-3202 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:21:28 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/01/03/seduced-by-the-narrative/#comment-3202 David: I don’t think of empathy as a “feelling”. I think of it as a commandment of Jesus. Sometimes, true empathy means going against what WE feel and really, as you put it, “getting not only their feelings, but their values, their experiences and character” — and then translating that understanding into compassionate action. So, David, we agree on it’s meaning.

Regarding calling the Bible the “Word of God” — it’s just my Southern Baptist background showing itself. WE used to pruounce it the “Word of Gawwwwwd….) Of course, I understand Jesus is the eternal Word of God. So, I agree with Timothy as well.

]]> By: Timothy Kincaid https://wthrockmorton.com/2007/01/03/seduced-by-the-narrative/#comment-3201 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:53:34 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2007/01/03/seduced-by-the-narrative/#comment-3201 OK.. I know this is a segue and not really related, but it’s a new pet peeve of mine:

Even though the Bible IS the word of God…

no, no, no

According to the first chapter of John, it is Jesus that is the “Word” of God. Only Jesus is deity and has the authority to speak for God and carries the title “the Word”. When we assign the Bible a title that belong to Christ, we come close to itolatry. The Bible is not God, it is ABOUT God. Regardless of the extent to which we believe that the Scripture is inspired by God, other than those passages that contain the words of Christ, it is not “the Word” of God.

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