The annual Pew religious survey came out this week. It says that 58% of Americans believe in God as described in the bible. This is highly problematic. Because the bible does not describe one version of the divine, but many. The book does not require readers to believe in the whole thing, but to make choices and take sides and be faithful to it in the midst of life’s messiness. The real question for American bible believers is which god we really believe in. The authoritarian god that demands assimilation and sacrifice, or the abolitionist god who sets the captives free? The reigning Solomon god who silences all others with violence, or the Sabbath god of rest who builds the beloved community by dismantling hierarchies?
Sunday, November 28, 2021
The God(s) of the Bible
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