Went out with a bunch of guys for Richard‘s birthday last night. We ended up, unsurprisingly, debating theology in the beer garden of Hardy’s Well. It amused me greatly that one of the girls there considered Richard to be a liberal, so goodness only knows what that makes me. The both of us got accused of blaspheming for contending that the Bible wasn’t inerrant. By a spooky coincidence, Sven today has a post regarding a sermon by the wonderful and very, very clever N T Wright on exactly that subject, from which I can only conclude that that Bishop of Durham must also be a blasphemer (to say nothing of the fact that he’s also friends with that low-down dirty liberal, Archbishop Rowan Williams). So, all things considered, quite a good night.
Richard may be many things, but theologically liberal is not one of them. In fact he’s one of the least liberal people I know.
I’m increasingly convinced that when people accuse other believers of being ‘liberal’ (as though liberal = not a Christian), it says infinitely more about the person levelling the accusation than the recipient. Same applies to ‘fundamentalist’ methinks.
Interestingly, the girl in question described herself as a fundamentalist.
I think I might know who you mean haha.
I don’t remember the young lady’s name, but she goes to the same church as Richard and you, and knew you. She certainly seemed quite cross with Richard.
Did she have her husband with her? Or am I thinking of someone else?
That said, I’m sure that everyone in my church secretly thinks that me and Richard are liberals, ah well.
I think so; there were a lot of people there, so I couldn’t tell you who he was if he was there :-/
I shall have to visit your church at some point, if only to catch up with all the KCW lot who upped and moved there.
you are correct Sven.
I am liberal…with my time.