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Originally Posted by awareness
As I've stated, this questioning only leads to iffy-land. And iffy-land is very scary for many. We want, we seek, we need, we even obsess, for certitude. Witness Lee once delivered that for me.
But I have to announce, and even invite, that iffy-land is not as bad as it looks from inside the bubble of certitude-land.
There's a grand mystery out there. It's wonderful and awesome. And it's my experience that God is faithful to pull all the props and rugs out from under all that we put our faith in other than Him. And faith in God is the only way to go. It's really all we've got. That "iffy" is our certitude. The quicker you get use to it the better off you'll be.
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I agree with you up to a point. But when a great big nasty "iffy" like the virgin birth does so much damage to the gospel, in terms of making it even more a stumbling block to the Jews and a fallacy to the Greeks, that I think we need to make a stand.
Own the error. Admit it. You don't have to claim to know all the truth in order to do this.
Simplify the faith. Belief in the text is not a requirement. Belief in a specific definition of God (trinity, triune, whatever) is not a requirement. Belief in a virgin birth is definitely not a requirement.
Even a statement defining the afterlife is not a requirement, although I have made it one of my missions to get the Hell(enism) out of there as well.
Don't follow the temptation to define a "creed". This is only necessary for debate's sake.
Only two statements of the faith are required in my opinion. The Christ showed us the way to salvation. It is strongly suggested that you devote your life to sanctification, maturing the new man, getting a head start on the life to come.