Part 336. On God and scripture

In my opinion there is no anthropomorphic nor metaphysical god living in heaven. God is not an external entity 'out there'.  God is beyond description or definition. God is of and in our imagination and in this sense, to us, is real. In prayer we make supplications to the god of our imagination and respond as we deem appropriate.

Scripture is an human construct, no inerrancy, no literal word of God, no guiding Spirit. Scripture assists in our understanding the ideas of some of our forebears, and this may help in determining our ideas and actions.

Followers of the way of Jesus, progressive Christians, appropriate the statement 'love your neighbour' as the primary concept of faith. Prayers and actions perceive Jesus as God at work in all of us, in all creation.  it is this that drives progressive Christians  to campaign for social justice, for systemic change, for equality, for equity,  for an end to poverty, marginalisation, discrimination and exclusion.  In other words, nothing less than the heaven on earth of our imagination.