Recorded: March
17, 2003
Moderator: Dee Wallace
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Wallace: What
motivated you to write Reading the Bible Again for the
First Time?
Borg: Conflict over the Bible is the single most
divisive issue in the church in North America today....
Wallace: Share
your views on the "lenses through which people read the
Bible."
Borg: There is a "lens of literalism" where
the Bible is seen as a divine product that came directly from God
and therefore has a divine guarantee. Instead, read the Bible as
a collection of ancient documents chronicling the experience of the
people of its time, and as a metaphor with a more than factual meaning....
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Wallace: Share your views on religion versus spirituality.
Borg: I define spirituality as an internal process, becoming
conscious of and being intentional about a deepening relationship with God.
Religion is to spirituality as school is to learning. One can certainly learn
things on their own, but a strong church community and network of support can
only help to keep one on track....
Wallace: What
are your thoughts on the mainline churches' emphasis on spirituality?
Borg: I see this as a very encouraging sign...a
recovery of something ancient....
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Wallace: Can
you talk about some of the stories from scripture using the lens you
defined earlier?
Borg: Dr. Borg speaks of the first creation
story in Genesis and the story of Jesus turning water into wine in
John's gospel.
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Wallace: Discuss
the two primary relationships that are common to both Judaism and Christianity.
Borg: The Christian life is ultimately so simple,
not easy, but simple. The Christian life is not so much about believing
the right things, but rather about a relationship with God and loving
one's neighbor-- to love that which God loves. The Christian tradition
as a whole points to that kind of life and nourishes that kind of
life....
Complete
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