![]() ![]() Most Christians who believe in Penal Substitutionary Atonement claim that the Bible clearly supports it, and that there is no other way of interpreting certain texts. This is not a bad thing – it just helps to be aware that we’re doing it. It’s really, really difficult to read the Bible objectively (impossible, actually) – we all emphasise some bits over others, reject some bits as irrelevant and project our own frameworks of understanding onto the text to help us make sense of it. The thing is, we all read things into the Bible that may or may not be there, based on our own understanding, cultural background and personal opinions. ![]() I intend now to try and make it super clear that this is not what we are doing. A common criticism of people like me who openly oppose Penal Substitutionary Atonement theory is that we are picking and choosing the bits of the Bible we like, whilst ignoring some of the trickier bits. ![]()
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