Balance

There is a new blog called Have You Read Balance Today? http://haveyoureadbalancetoday.blogspot.com/ In his single statement, the author bemoans the fact that the Bible is not accurate on some things, contradicts itself on others, and that Christian dogma does not agree with the Bible on other matters. He finds that his "faith" has vanished and he has to rethink everything that he believes.

While I understand what he is going through, I have several things to say about what he concludes. First, the Bible does not say that it is infallible, nor even the word of G-d. When interpreted as the Jews interpret it, the Bible comes closer to truth. Even the statement in 2 Timothy 3:16 limits the applicability of the Bible to teaching, refutation, correction, and training in HOLINESS. It does not include teachings on natural philosophy and science. Second, those who believe that the Bible is literal truth have fallen into the heresy and sin of deifying a book rather than G-d and therefore have another G-d before the True G-d. Third, Science seems to change daily. All you have to do is read the science sections of magazines and the newspapers and you find ample evidence that science has either had to rethink something it previously believed or has had to expand and explain things it previously believed. Darwinists, true Darwinists, are as benighted as Creationists. NeoDarwinism rejects some basic tenets of Darwins theories, mainly the claim that evolution has to been slow and is consistent.

Scripture, throughout the pages and including those books excised or not included, supports the truth that a Voice speaks to man. Who that Voice is remains to be seen, but people are not inherently insane because they hear Voices, only when they act irrationally because of what they hear. All the Prophets heard G-d's Voice and St. John, the Evangelist, says in Chapter 10 of the Gospel that "his sheep will hear his Voice."

Balance should not been just between Science and the Bible but should have spiritual content as well and that is given by the Voice.

Rational believers should challenge every tenet of their personal faith yearly. They should ask themselves, "do I still believe this?" Rational people grow, learn, discover and that makes them better than other people. Most people do not have critical thought. They believe what they read, hear, and sense as true and never challenge it. Critical thought is not bad. It is from Doubt that Faith arises.

I agree with the conclusion that Balance comes to about the True G-d. He is not here. But he has left many very powerful entities behind that we must work with and acknowledge. The fact that YHVH is not the True G-d should not lead you to the conclusion that you can ignore YHVH, for He is In Charge. He is the King of Heaven, the Creator, the Sustainer, and the Destroyer. Now, He may not be the Ultimate, the Eternal, the Everlasting, but unlike the True G-d, HE can Learn and Grow and sympathize with those of us doing the same. His Seven Incarnations have taught Him much about Us. I believe all the g-ds of old were real and none of them were G-d. I respect and revere them today, next to YHVH, of course. Why do I come to this conclusion? I have read the same sources that Balance has read, but I have the Voice and got a different conclusion from reading those passages.

Consider if you will, how would it change my faith, based upon the Voice, if it turns out that Adam did not live on Earth and that life was seeded on earth from elsewhere. No change. I am not affected by this knowledge. The Voice that I hear, that tells me to listen to Science and the Bible, is still there. It has not gone away.

So, while I rejoice and support Balance, I urged him today to continue his growth, for it is not over.