Strengths and Weaknesses - Bible

• Conservativism

  1. Bible is the word of God —> god in Old Testament is about killing and in New Testament about love

  2. The bible is inerrant —> humans make errors

  3. Remains faithful to tradition —> some traditions are outdated
• Neo-orthodox

  1. Accepts humans make errors —> how do we know which are errors and which aren't?

  2. Remains faithful to core message that Jesus is son of God —> some have different beliefs and don't agree with son of God

  3. Bible supports Christians as a vehicle to bring them close to God —> can we not be close to God without the Bible, eg through prayer
• Liberal

  1. Accepts that we are all human —> makes mistakes when writing and interpreting the Bible

  2. Emphasis on social gospel —> but Jesus is divine not just a role model

  3. Process theology accepts that God is not omnipotent —> goes against 2000 years of traditional church thinking