Episode 10 - Doctrinal development – by design or evolution?

Episode 10 – Show Notes It would be good to have listened to the last episode where we interview Chris Date on doctrines of hell. Here we put it into context using the question: which hypothesis better fits the observations of doctrinal development in the BibleA. this is normal development of ideas in human cultureB. a divine agent is choosing to reveal doctrines bit by bit, like learning maths at school This initially arose as we looked at the latest chapter in our 50 Arguments for Faith book, chap 30 “The Son of God”. The chapter correctly identifies Son of God as the Old Testament title for the anointed king of Israel and that initially Jesus was Son of God only in being messiah – ‘anointed one’ – and things developed from there, ending with Jesus viewed as God - a member of the Trinity. Frances mentioned a great resource:http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com This doctrinal development theme then spread to the question of hell and afterlife and the devil, which we covered in Andrew’s ‘Is that in the Bible?’ slot. He selected Ezekiel 28:11-19 where we discussed whether this prophecy about the King of Tyre is also about the Demonic Fall as some later Christian theologians claim. We recapped our discussions on Old Testament genocides from episode 2, and hence the developing character of God. We also revisited our ‘summer of atonement’ and doctrinal development there. The Climate Endnote was a longer slot this time. October has been a big month in Climate news with the latest IPCC report with dire news, climate economists winning the Nobel prize and exciting new policy initiatives in the UK. We discussed where viable solutions now stand, and the role of the organisation Ed has joined, links:https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ and the UKhttps://citizensclimatelobby.uk/ Doubts Aloud Links: Please leave us a review on iTunes and we will respond to any question asked there with the review. Or give feedback and ask questions using : [email protected] Join the Facebook Group discussions:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1023280847835278/Meet us all in person at the monthly “Unbelievable Christian and Skeptic Discussion Group” in central London, see:https://www.meetup.com/Unbelievable-Christian-and-Skeptic-Discussion-Group-London (Note - 50 Arguments for Faith book:“Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy and Science” by Mike Licona and William Dembski. It can be found on Amazon.)