Progressive Christianity.

                               

1.  The Bible is a collection of writings by different authors over hundreds of years.

2.  The Bible should be interpreted as poetry and metaphor.

3.  The story of Adam and Eve is a myth.
     It is not true literally or metaphorically.

4.  The Old Testament prophets interpreted their experience of God according to the worldview of the time.

5.  There is no literal devil.
     The devil is an explanation for why bad things happen to good people.

6.  There is no hell
     Hell is out of character for a loving God.

7.  There is no Virgin Birth.
     The Virgin Birth was invented to compete with contemporary mythology.

8.  Most of the miracle stories in the New Testament are metaphorical.

9.  Jesus' commandment was to love one another.
     Jesus said that the first commandment was to love God and the second was to love your neighbor.

10.  Jesus was killed because he threatened the powers of the world - the Pharisees and the Romans.  God did not require his death for our sins.

11.  There will be no Second Coming of Jesus.
       Jesus refused to judge us in life so why would he judge us in the future.


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