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Infidels,
Freethinkers, Humanists, and Unbelievers |
Homrighausen,
Elmer (1900 - 1982) |
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"Few
intelligent Christians can still hold to the idea that the Bible
is an infallible Book, that it contains no linguistic errors, no
historical discrepancies, no antiquated scientific assumptions,
not even bad ethical standards. Historical investigation and literary
criticism have taken the magic out of the Bible and have made it
a composite human book, written by many hands in different ages.
The existence of thousands of variations of texts makes it impossible
to hold the doctrine of a book verbally infallible. Some might claim
for the original copies of the Bible an infallible character, but
this view only begs the question and makes such Christian apologetics
more ridiculous in the eyes of the sincere man."
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Elmer Homrighausen
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| Elmer
G. Homrighausen was an American theologian. Homrighausen was born
in Wheatland, Iowa, and earned degrees from Princeton University,
Butler University, and the University of Dubuque.
He
was Professor of Christian Education at Princeton Seminary from
1938 to 1954, and served as Dean of the seminary from 1955 to
1964. He retired in 1970, and the seminary established a Chair
of Christian Social Ethics named in his honor. He also served
as Vice Moderator of the United Presbyterian Church, and on the
World Council of Christian Education, Princeton Board of Education,
World Council of Churches, and other bodies. He died in Princeton,
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