Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!bill From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) Newsgroups: net.religion.christian Subject: Re: About Literalism: The authors of Scripture. Message-ID: <526@utastro.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 09:40:19 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.526 Posted: Sun Aug 11 09:40:19 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 03:07:21 EDT References: <2194@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <1050@umcp-cs.UUCP> <2222@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <498@utastro.UUCP> <275@ihlpl.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 28 > > There is a third theory that is convincing to me: Scripture was written > > by men, and like all things written by men, it contains errors. There, > > now, that wasn't so bad, was it? > > > > Bill Jefferys > > I guess the writer of Hebrews didn't quite agree with that theory. When > quoting Psalm 95 the writer says: > > "Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, > 'TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,...'" (Hebrews 3:7 NASB) > > The writer of Hebrews actually thought that the Holy Spirit > was the author of Psalm 95. What a fool! Everyone knows that > Scripture was written by men. (and men alone?) > I see. So if I have a book, and it says clearly in this book that it was not written by men, then that proves that it was not written by men. How could I have been so stupid? -- "Men never do evil so cheerfully and so completely as when they do so from religious conviction." -- Blaise Pascal Bill Jefferys 8-% Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712 (USnail) {allegra,ihnp4}!{ut-sally,noao}!utastro!bill (uucp) bill%utastro.UTEXAS@ut-sally.ARPA (ARPANET)