22 Nov '22 21:58>
@kellyjay said"The whole thing is either the Word of God or not"
What you view as relevant isn't at play with scripture it is the revealed Word, you
liking it or disliking it is meaningless. The whole thing is either the Word of God or
not, if not the whole should be cast out, if it is, the entire thing needs to be
acknowledged like it or not.
Picking out the pieces you like and dislike would be no different than looking at a
compl ...[text shortened]... f they are valid, but the only way
to truth is to accept all the points, those we like and dislike.
I could not disagree more. By imposing this [arbitrary] standard on the text, you actually handicap yourself - you deliberately remove your own discernment from the equation. It's like fighting with one hand tied behind your back.
Spiritual texts are actually not very much like scientific theories at all! In science, I can 1) do the experiment myself and verify I get the same result and 2) question parts of any theory, but I'd better have counter-evidence if I expect to be taken seriously.
Also, scientific theories are constantly being modified. That's why few theories are called 'laws' anymore - because in the past, we kept finding exceptions to the laws. Now, imagine if scientists had your self-defeating viewpoint of "it's either all true or none of it's true". How many good theories would have been thrown out because they weren't perfect? What a loss for humanity that would have been! No Newton's Laws of Gravity, because of the Relativity exception, even though Newton's Laws are still perfectly valid in many cases.
Science is much much better than religion at modifying and correcting itself as new evidence is discovered.
You end with "the only way to truth is to accept all the points". Again, I could not disagree more. I think you're actually holding yourself back in your truth-seeking by adopting this faulty paradigm.