Understanding Unity Series: Part 8 of 8

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J Douglas Bottorff

From the paradigm of separation the viagra how long does it work Bible is seen as the word of God, God’s means of communicating with people. Shifting to the paradigm of oneness, this view quickly changes. The Bible is not to be thought of as God’s communication to humanity but as an expression of each writer’s understanding of God, the world, and their place in it.

The scriptures that mean most to us are those that support our trinity of core values, our spiritual model, our paradigm.

Those who embrace the Bible as the literal word of God make the assumption that these scriptures put forth a uniform view of God, the individual, and the individual’s relationship to God. One can quickly see, however, that the paradigm of separation and the paradigm of oneness are both clearly represented, an indication that individual contributors did not share a uniform understanding in these areas.

Conversely, those who believe that the Bible is a kind of metaphysical treatise, a written record of the order 24h generic cialis soul’s evolution, are reading into this body of work a perspective that is not supported by Biblical scholarship and would not likely have been embraced by any of the original authors who had no idea their works would wind up in such a collection.

The determining factor for what we draw from the Bible is that which supports our own set of core values. A particular scripture stands out because it reflects and supports our understanding of God, ourselves and our relationship to God. A reader who is in the habit of highlighting meaningful scriptural passages will discover, in reviewing their highlights, that these passages are meaningful because they resonate with their trinity of core values.