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Just finished this amazing book by Marcus Borg — amazing because it denies all the things I was raised to believe were literally true factual statements and at the same time affirms all the larger truths about God I have come to treasure along the way.  By escaping the silliness of arguing over whether specific hard to believe events actually happened as historical facts, he goes straight to the level of eternal Truth in the same accounts.  The subtitle of “Taking the Bible seriously but not literally” is exactly what the author does.  And, he goes all the way from Genesis through Revelation in one amazingly clear, logical, and inspiring analysis of how the Bible reveals the potential for relationship between us and God as well as with each other.

If the phoniness of supposed literalists (who always seem to take the commands or criticisms of others far more literally than anything that affects their own lives) has gotten old, I suggest taking time to read this one.  I have no idea how much I agree with (that will take time, contemplation, prayer, and reading the Bible itself), but in this one volume there is more about the God I know than I found in all the dogmas I was raised on.

peace,

Greg

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