Witt's End

I love that the Bible isn’t perfect. And I love that I can’t read the Bible literally. I can’t view it as a history book. It’s literary not literal to me. I don’t think that I’m off on that.  In the Bible Christ himself uses many diverse literary devices to teach. One of his primary methods of gospel teaching is parables. They are inherently just a literary device with layers of meaning. But Christ didn’t start it. If we turn to the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament we see a variety of literary styles and devices used by various prophets and writers.  And I love that. I know some people need the Bible to be absolutely true and literal and inerrant for their faith. I get that. I do. And so what I’m about to launch into isn’t to confront them. But to talk about why my faith is improved by the inconsistencies of our canonical scripture. First. I love imperfection in my art. It just reminds me of our humanity. It’s why I love jazz to classical. Street art and Impressionism to baroque port

  I can’t bring myself to worry about the end of times. Two main reasons. First no man knoweth means no man knoweth. We can’t know. We won’t know. And anyone who says otherwise is contradicting scripture. Second we are making so much progress for humanity in general and we can’t deny that. And it leaves us so much more to do . Deaths have declined. Suffering. Poverty. Health is improving. Disease is confronted some even eradicated. Civil rights have improved. Even crime has decreased. So I look at these and I just see both the motivation and desire to put in the work. To do good. I heard statement this weekend that struck me. I’m going to be paraphrasing badly. But the essence is this. It’s no the afterlife that motivates me in my faith in Christ, but in building the world now. That’s how I’ve always felt and it’s amazing to have that sentiment articulated somehow. I think a lot of this is motivated by how I view justice and mercy. How I’m more motivated by what to than I am by what no