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By Evan Davids

Christianity, the most important faith on the planet, now not is smart. The human authors who penned the phrases that grew to become holy scripture lived in a global a long way faraway from ours. They held prescientific ideals and old ethical criteria. evidently, the Bible displays the perspectives of its historical authors. the matter is that, for Christians, the Bible is meant to be greater than simply a fascinating list of historic close to japanese ideals. The Bible finds the desire and teachings of God and gives the basis from which Christian doctrine is equipped. however the old rules present in the Bible have collided with modernity. over the past 500 years defenders of the religion have fought clinical and ethical switch. as soon as the recent technological know-how or morality prevails, defenders of the religion then activity to evolve (or mute) their scriptural and theological positions. sooner or later, those efforts needs to lose credibility. sooner or later, the cognitive dissonance needs to be too obvious. This effective little booklet makes the case that we have got certainly reached this point.

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— Over the centuries, Christians were in a position to tender over many of the clinical inaccuracies within the Bible. for instance, verses that suggest a geocentric cosmology were reinterpreted as poetic. however the tale of Adam and Eve is assorted. The historicity of this couple and their fall from grace is foundational to the Christian tale. Christianity now not Makes Sense examines many of the makes an attempt via Christian theologians to harmonize the Bible with reality.

— The everlasting future for non-Christians is hell. For a few cause, so much pastors don’t appear partial to ads this place anymore, but it really is nonetheless reliable doctrine for nearly all of churches.

— It’s no mystery that the Bible includes its fair proportion of curious content material. God is noticeable helping animal sacrifice, violence, slavery, and sexism. Are such depictions suitable with the God humans think in this present day? Have defenders of the religion effectively addressed those troubling passages?

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