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Ethical Weight Training

The author of The Year of Living Biblically talks about following biblical laws as a 'reverent agnostic.'

Interview by Susan Wunderink | posted 11/08/2007 09:59AM

A. J. Jacobs, who describes himself as "Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is Italian," compiled all the laws of the Bible and tried to obey them for a year (with notable exceptions, including Jesus' ...

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Jay	Posted: November 08, 2007 5:39 PM

CC Beck is right, as someone who is acquainted with most of Christendom. There are no believers at all that take the Bible seriously. The only problem is that you can't necessarily spot the proper Christian walking down the street. We have freedom in Christ to do many things that God had constrained for Jews living in a certain place in a certain time (does God expect Saharan Jews to make a grain offering?). Expecting the church to "follow all the rules" in the Bible is a child's view of revealed scripture and disregards one of the reasons Jesus came and died.

Matt	Posted: November 08, 2007 3:21 PM

Jack, articles such as these show CT's readers what other people--including non-Christians--think of our faith. At no point does this article suggest that we follow the "biblical ethics from someone who refers to himself as agnostic." I think we frequently have to remind ourselves that what non-Christians think about Christianity is important; we also need to remind ourselves that non-Christians are even capable of speaking the truth about the Bible. Are we so pretentious to think that an agnostic would not be able to tell us anything about the Bible that we do not already know? It is clear from this interview that A.J. Jacobs was to an extent transformed by what he read and attempted to live out in the Bible. He admits the "laws made [him] a better person." If a non-Christian can glean so much from the Scriptures, how on earth is that a waste of time? CC BECK, I don't mean to pedantic, but there is a huge difference between taking the Bible seriously and taking it literally.

Jack	Posted: November 08, 2007 2:09 PM


What are you guys thinking? Why waste your readers' time with an article about biblical ethics from someone who refers to himself as agnostic?

CC BECK

Posted: November 08, 2007 11:25 AM


Can you imagine if believers took the bible this seriously

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