God Of the Philosophers

Those who call upon God under this Name will gain a greater awareness of their own level of understanding. That is, God's Spirit will help them to see the limitations of their own thinking and gain increased levels of logic and rhetoric. Those who invoke this Name often tend to be highly rational people with a strong slant towards skepticism.
== Rational Christianity: Society of Saint Luke: ==
Adepts who Invoke this Name have formed the Society of Saint Luke. They espouse a more intellectually robust form of Christianity that calls for greater awareness of Biblical epistemology. Rational Christians fully embrace Jesus as really existing and Divine, and base the centrality of their faith on spiritual encounters with Christ. However, they tend to scrutinize the Bible a lot more than most other Xtrians do and their views on holy scripture and the Church at large are much more complicated (and quite frankly, much more honest). 
Several of the major points espoused by the Society are as follows...
*The Bible is several books written by men inspired by God, but the books contain different strains of thoughts and sometimes outright opposing opinions on certain subjects.
*Just because one passage in the Bible says something doesn't make it true, or make it "God's Law." You need to study and see it in its full context.
*Everyone 'cherry picks' from the Bible to some degree. The real question is, what framework are you using to decide which passages take precedence? The prohibition on shellfish and the Great Commission are surely not of equal importance?
*Real faith and understanding are born from Wisdom developed over time by the stories of the Bible and acts of faith and spiritual inspiration from one's walk with Jesus in real life. 
*Just because a famous Xtrian leader or church said it is true does not make it true. 
*The Bible is based in history and is true, but it has been edited & translated, and reading it requires some amount of studying as well.
*Using Church Tradition and Church Fathers doesn't work definitively either. There have been many churches with variations on theology, and many of the Church Fathers were opposed to each other on many key issues (ie, Augustine of Hippo was very much against taking the Genesis story of creation literally). Again, Biblical interpretation comes down to historical knowledge and one's faith-walk with Christ.
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