Over in the Screwballs thread, Rogue cited positively this Christianity Today article, which makes what struck me as a totally bizarre claim:
The other points cited have an obvious basis in the bible, and will be familiar to even a casual reader of the bible, but the statement "that the family is the basic unit of society and without it society will collapse" strikes me as totally made-up. Nothing in the bible says that. Seems like a case of the author having his own nutty view, and pretending it's biblical.
To quote a couple of Jesus's statements:
Can a serious case be made that the bible teaches "that the family is the basic unit of society and without it society will collapse"? Or is that author just nuttier than a fruitcake?
Dawkins: "Theological theories make no predictions at all, let alone testable ones."
...Dawkins says many things that are true. But this isn't one of them. Theology makes lots of predictions – many of which are testable. The Bible for example tells us that human beings are sinful and will lie, that wars, plagues and pestilence will continue on the earth, that the poor we will always have with us, that Jesus will return, that the family is the basic unit of society and without it society will collapse.
...Dawkins says many things that are true. But this isn't one of them. Theology makes lots of predictions – many of which are testable. The Bible for example tells us that human beings are sinful and will lie, that wars, plagues and pestilence will continue on the earth, that the poor we will always have with us, that Jesus will return, that the family is the basic unit of society and without it society will collapse.
The other points cited have an obvious basis in the bible, and will be familiar to even a casual reader of the bible, but the statement "that the family is the basic unit of society and without it society will collapse" strikes me as totally made-up. Nothing in the bible says that. Seems like a case of the author having his own nutty view, and pretending it's biblical.
To quote a couple of Jesus's statements:
"He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me"
"For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household."
"For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household."
Can a serious case be made that the bible teaches "that the family is the basic unit of society and without it society will collapse"? Or is that author just nuttier than a fruitcake?
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