ext_18315 ([identity profile] khaosworks.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] khaosworks 2005-12-21 04:34 pm (UTC)

My religious upbringing was evangelical, but I don't think I quite qualify as one anymore, since while I believe that the Bible was inspired by God, it was also written by men, and needs to be interpreted and analysed as such, in historical and literary terms as much as any other historical or literary document. I also question the validity of including Paul as part of the canon, but that's another debate altogether.

I lean towards a more rational, intellectual sort of faith, and (to varying degrees) am heavily influenced by the Christian existentialists as well as apologists like C.S. Lewis. There's a bunch of people out there calling themselves post-fundamentalists, and I fit into that category a lot better.

In the end, I half-jokingly call myself a heretic, and perhaps that fits the best.

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