Sentences with phrase «selective biblical literalism»

If the latter are based upon a selective biblical literalism, the former are rooted in familiar stereotypes.

Not exact matches

I define selective literalism as the tendency to elevate certain biblical principles over others in order to best accommodate one's personal opinions.

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While self - righteousness avoidance certainly affects our selective literalism, we also have good reasons for not condemning one another for the more ubiquitous biblical violations (again, real or perceived) in our culture.