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| 2008/02/20 12:34:44瀏覽572｜回應0｜推薦3 | |
| I've just heard Bart D. Ehrman, Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at UNC, interviewed on NPR for his new book "God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer". Though his prior NYT best seller, Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why is a scholarly work based on textual criticism, this new book is more personal: how the problem of suffering led him from 'born again' Evangelical Christian to being agnostic. The traditional answers for Christians for 'why we suffer' are examined and questioned. 'Punishment for wrong-doing', 'Test by Devil for righteousness', 'Second coming' not only contradict each other, each has its own shortcoming. 'Second coming' has been believed by generations of Christians that 'this era is the one', while Son of Man never comes. What's different about our era that it will happen in our lifetime? 'Punishment' means either innocent people suffer, or God can't be understood and there is no real answer to 'why we suffer'. So why he doesn't accept other explanations for suffering? His friends point out Buddhism provide a very different answer. I didn't hear his answer clearly; does he say that he thinks he is wired to believe there is a God, though not as portrayed in the Bible? In summary, the author is a very learned New Testament scholar and passionate about the subject, and the book is a valuable read for people who wants to understand Christian faith from an 'inside out' perspective. |
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