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Pastimes : Ask God -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: IN_GOD_I_TRUST who wrote (19805)	8/1/1998 1:05:00 AM
From: Cindy Powell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Dear Steve, I believe most of the Bible to be the word of God, but think the Bible needs to be understood in it's political, cultural and economic context. I believe the common sense teachings and common sense character lessons, but am not fanatical and am not unconditionally loyal to just anything and everything that is written. I am also just surface knowledgeable with respect to most of the Bible, and am not an in- depth Bible student as most on this thread appear to be. I like scripture that moves me in a positive way, and pay little attention to the hellfire and damnation stuff because, as I teach my children, I would prefer to "believe in" God because I respect the character/love lessons, and not because I am a-feared of Dante's Inferno. I also tend to think that each writer in the Bible had their own bent, and think writers inserted a good portion of their own definition and personna into their writings. In answer to your question as to how I would know the character of God, I refer back to my childhood Bible study days when learning the stories of Jesus, and specifically liking the scripture whereby Jesus was trying to explain the character and love of God the Father by asking (not a direct quote) "if a father loves his son and his son asks for a loaf of bread would he give him a stone? And if a father loves his son and his son asks for a fish would his father give him a serpent?" Then Jesus went on to explain that if an earthly father desires good things and happiness for his children, and would give his son a load of bread and a fish if this were asked of him, then how much more can Father in Heaven want good things and happiness for his children in that he is God and capable of so much more. This was the gist of a scripture that has stuck with me for several decades now, and when I ponder the character of God, this is what I refer to for understanding. With this said, I must set my sails, I did want to answer your question though, because I can see after re-reading my post I wasn't making myself clear. Best regards, Cindy