Joe the Plumber: Bible More Accurate Than Science Books Because It’s Never Been Revised

[ananda]

44. Ermm...

Revision is a good thing. It's how we correct mistakes.

That's why many scientific observations are called theories and not cemented facts, because the theory changes as new information becomes available.

Also, it's true that religion and its sacred texts is more fluid than concrete as well, changing many times over history. Not only that, but even that same religion takes on varying ideas and contexts depending on the time and the region. Take, for example, the Gnostic Gospels and varous sects that have a distinct eastern influence.

I often think that a good way to read sacred texts is to think of them as fiction in content and truth in wisdom as the reader takes it through his or her own mind and independent critical thinking and life experience. They have never been intended to serve as science texts, not then, not now.. but rather as a means to come at deep spiritual truths that can serve us in our own journeys toward enlightenment and evolution.