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Part Two: Starting To Wake Up
  Chapter Seven: The Word of God
(in which the difficult questions raised by giving the holy scriptures a position of importance in our lives are gone into. Things Bill thought
were in the bible, but weren't. Ten random finger-pointings, to see if the bible is primarily a book to be obeyed, are deployed.
Comment from Ruth.)
 

Lost in Translations
(in which the necessity of using the King James translation for our exclusive doctrine to "work" is looked at. The devilishness of the NIV.
Bits of a recent TW bible conference sermon on The One Right Place doctrine are heard. Comment by Elizabeth.
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  Black and White Thinking
(In which the iron-clad insistence upon black and white thinking only in many Christian circles is gone into. Comment by Melody.)
  Ideas
(In which the question of whether ideas and thinking are good, or dangerous, is gone into.)
  Not Pretending the Bible Says Things
(in which letting the bible say what it says, without trying to "explain," fix, contradict or warp that, is presented as a real challenge.
Dinosaurs are discussed. Comments by Ruth and Anne and a theoretical street bum with theological questions.)
  The Magic of the Bible
(in which is presented, despite how challenging and hard to deal with the bible can be, the idea that bible really is magical.)
   
 
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