A little bit of an introduction. I'm a University student, liberal Anglican (verging on heretic), working on finding my own spiritual center and understanding my faith and my beliefs.
So, you know, just the small stuff.
I've discovered over the years that I'm not a huge fan of religious extremism of any sort, to put it lightly, and the belief in purely literal interpretations of the bible tends to frustrate me as well. This has, I think, led me to shy away from scripture in general, and from using scripture to defend of my faith in particular.
I've noticed, however, that this puts me at a great disadvantage when discussing matters of faith and belief with the people who put a little more stock in the bible than I do, as they tend to know the works better.
This blog is not for everybody, I'm sure. My snarkiness and flippancy will come through, and this is a topic which is dear to many people, and I could see some being offended by my comments on various pieces of scripture. I want those people to know that I do not do this to offend them. Humour, especially dry, sarcastic humour, is a way I deal with difficult issues.
My goal is to deal with a significant portion of the Bible a day, starting from the beginning and moving through to the end (funny, that). This will usually be a chapter each day, but possibly more or less depending on the length of the chapters involved: Probably more than one a day in the psalms.
I am well aware that this is going to take years, but hey, it's the journey that matters, right?
I will be using an online version of the Annotated NRSV. I'll be providing a link to the exact page I read when I provide here my summary and thoughts on the passages.
Next Post: Genesis 1
4 comments:
Wow this is quite an undertaking! I read the blog not realizing you wrote it and thought cool who is this guy? I thought he was coragous to put this sort of reflection on faith and the bible on line. I would be interested in following his progress. Then I read the rest of the page and it freaked me out that it was you. You are so cool! Oddly enough, your Grandfather has undertaken reading the whole bible over lent (I told him, now I'm telling you, he could skip Numbers) Wow something the two of you can talk about (Just Kidding!) I don't know how to get a reminder or an email when you up date but I'm sure you will let me know.
So good luck and I look forward to future blogs
I like the idea.
If you don't want to be flippant and snarky, then don't be.
Let's get started.
Oh, I fully intend to be flippant and snarky. I just wanted people to go in knowing ;).
And so I enter fully armed and prepared for your flippant snarky 'tude :P Hey...ya warned me!
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