re: For Episcopalians, God is Officially Gender Fluid (or whatever)

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we believe because the events took place...not because they were written down perfectly

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but the reader can't get to the events without the text

phenomenon of reading-> reader-> text-> author-> event

liberal christians have progressively moved from the right to the left. now, all they have is the phenomenon of reading. the events themselves are irrelevant. the text is only relevant in what it does to the reader. the reader is even irrelevant to the degree that presuppositions can cloud the reading experience. what does the text do to you? that is where the meaning lies for liberals/progressives. never mind this creates substantial semiotic problems, authoritative problems (both text and author), hermeneutic problems, exegetical problems (the events and the original audience). let's just ignore those problems because what's more important is that everyone feel welcome and not judged.