Why in the world would it be an all or nothing kind of thing? It’s a compilation of writing from many different authors, for many different audiences, spanning thousands of years. It wasnt even intended to be all or nothing for contemporaneous audiences–Pauls letters, for example, were for specific recipients.
Assuming that the Bible is intended to be a literal, uncontradictory list of rules for living is accepting an incorrect Evangelical theology.
Why in the world would it be an all or nothing kind of thing? It’s a compilation of writing from many different authors, for many different audiences, spanning thousands of years. It wasnt even intended to be all or nothing for contemporaneous audiences–Pauls letters, for example, were for specific recipients.
Assuming that the Bible is intended to be a literal, uncontradictory list of rules for living is accepting an incorrect Evangelical theology.