[Megan-L21935]

I am an Episcopalian, and we take an interpretive view of the Bible. There are plenty of contradictions, obsolete directives and glaring examples of bad behavior in the Bible. Anyone trying to wield it as justification for hate or harmful actions is misguided. ‘The Bible is a statement of a faithful people’ as the Right Rev. John Shelby Spong wrote in Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalists I believe those directives are somewhat beside the point. The Bible contains many stories — conflicting, exaggerated and ardent in the telling — about a man who allegedly healed the sick, spoke good thoughts and caused a lot of trouble by doing good. As a Christian, that’s the story I’m interested in — not the contradictions.

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Name : Megan-L21935, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Lesbian, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Episcopalian, Age : 31, City : Boston, State : MA, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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