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2 timestamped hits 1 source reading 3 extracted notes Newest source: 2024-12-10, day precision Aliases: fallible-gods

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fallible God

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...understand. What's also really powerful about the story is God is fallible. God is has made a terrible mistake. What's important is this. God..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...understand. What's also really powerful about the story is God is fallible. God is has made a terrible mistake. What's important is this. God..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Bible Is Not Chronology, It Is Cosmology (2024-12-10, day precision).

Most connected source reading: The Bible Is Not Chronology, It Is Cosmology.

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Key Notes

fallible God

Glossary

Yahweh as capable of mistake, remorse, and growth rather than omniscient perfection.

Radical theological interpretation in the 2024-12-10 lecture.

model

Jiang argues God is fallible: Yahweh is an inexperienced poet-god and new father whose mistakes allow both God and humans to grow.

Radical theological model in the 2024-12-10 lecture.

model

Faith and love of God require arguing with God, because only argument allows a fallible God to learn and grow.

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The Bible Is Not Chronology, It Is Cosmology

2024-12-10, day precision · glossary, claims, semantic-ref

Reading

A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central argument: the Hebrew Bible becomes world-shaping not because it records early history, but because David's political project finds a poet-god, a poet-king, and a Yahwist whose few...

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