Who Said That?

Who Said That?

"There is no external, objective, revealed standard writ in scripture or on tablets of stone that will govern our ethical behavior for all time."

You know the drill!  Leave your guesses in the comments section below.  No google searches please.  To check out past "Who Said That?" posts, Click here: Riddleblog - The Latest Post

Update on Monday, July 2, 2007 at 10:53AM by Kim Riddlebarger

These words come from the apostate Bishop, John Shelby Spong.  As some of you pointed out, these words are part of Spong's call for a "new Reformation."  Click here: A Call for a New Reformation

Comments

[Chris Sherman]

The poster boy for anti-Christ?

Someone who conveniently ignores Jesus' command to love your neighbor.

But hey, I am almost glad people say such nonsense as that, it motivates me to know "what I believe and why I believe it."

Were there things written on tablets of stone that were not in scripture?

[Charles S]

Bishop Spong.

[pilgrim]

COuld ba e alot of people.
I'll go with Crossan.

[Alberto]

I think it could be any of many Episcopalians. Spong seems to be a good guess.

[Reg Schofield]

If this is indeed the ring leader , it should at least show once again that Islam at its core can and does lead often to these extremes ten fold over christianity . Yes we have our flakes and nuts but in general I don't see them blowing up abortion centres or a car bomb at a raving gay parade . Enough said....truly tragic if true!!

[charlie]

Hmm?: I wonder if it could be an Anglo-Papalist who rejecting Scripture would believe the CHURCH?

[Eric F. Wakeman]

Peter Singer

[Ivan]

Now, this is a great quote, Kim, because it could be so many differing people that are relativists whether they confess to be or not.

I have no idea where to begin, but having gone to hear Spong in a debate vs. James White, I think it was a great guess.

["lee n. field"]

Any number of people, from the classic liberal churchpersons (sic), to the Brian Mclaren types, to new (and old) atheists.

[Rev. Bob]

I am pretty sure I read this quote in a letter Spong wrote calling for a new reformation (I hate when people call for a new reformation...study the first one first!). He had his own set of theses, but I think there was only twelve of them. If I am not mistaken,this is one of the twelve.

[Ivan]

Brian Maclaren?
Another interesting guess "Lee n. field"

The quote has probably been stated by many a liberal Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran.

My guess is, the quote certainly did not originate with Joseph Smith. He liked the idea of authoritative tablets.

["lee n. field"]

>Brian Maclaren? Another interesting guess "lee n. field"


Any reason it couldn't be Mclaren, given the way he talks and writes?

[Walter H]

Sounds like Bishop John Shelby Spong to me. I'm basing this on what sounds like a "once true but not true now" argument as opposed to "not sure what it meant then and not sure what it means now"(i.e. Brian McLaren)

[Mike Ratliff]

I think I remember this quote over on James White site about his debate with Bishop Spong.

The sad thing, for me anyway, is that there are tons of people out there who believe it as true when someone like Spong says things like this. I suppose this is somewhat of an indictment against those "Religious" groups where a man who doesn't know his Bible at all can become a Bishop.

In Christ

Mike Ratliff

[Ivan]

Oh, he knows alot of passages in the Bible, Mike. Spong is simply determined to ignore and reinterpret as he chooses.

He is a classic postmodernist who could care less about truth. I attended his debate w/ James White. It was no debate actually.
Each time White attempted to interact w/ Scripture, Spong called White a "fundamentalist" or "legalist" and then told his precious stories.

He might as well have been holding a teddy bear.
He struck me [IMHO] as one man who was scared to death. Scared to stand for Scripture's truths and scared to stand up to those who oppose Scripture.

[Peter]

Scott Clark