[Church_of_Christ] Re: Creeds
Ed,
>
> The following is reproduced from the editor of Baptist Standard:
>
> "First, the vast range of theological meanings of "inerrancy" was put on
> display at the Conferences on Biblical Inerrancy, sponsored by the SBC
> in 1987 and 1988. These conferences featured a pantheon of conservative
> theologians of impeccable credentials. Thoughtful participants at the
> conferences soon realized there are as many definitions of "inerrancy"
> as there are inerrantists. These world-class Bible scholars each
> described a variant definition of the term. These Christians of goodwill
> expressed little difficulty in affirming each others' attempts at
> definition. But fundamentalists on SBC seminary boards, looking for a
> measure by which to try professors, sought a single, rigid definition.
> The good biblicists of other denominations seemed perplexed by it all.
> ___Second, the SBC rendered the inerrancy debate moot last year. A panel
> of the SBC's fundamentalist elite drafted a new version of the Baptist
> Faith & Message. . . . ."
>
This discussion could get really deep. What were you trying to prove here? That inerrancy changed? That's not what is being said here. That inerrancy wasn't already a part of the BFM? This quote proves that it was.
And the final part of your quote helps me understand that this is a historical retrospect. The BFM was released in 1963 and revised in 2000. Nothing happened to it in 1987 or 1988.
At least your quoting historical documents, but they shoot your position down because you don't understand them.
Ray
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