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He may have clarified it but it makes sense that he would think/believe it pretty strongly for the exact reason you posted. I don't know if sloppy is quite the right adjective.
I think sloppy is absolutely is the correct term, especially if you put it in context of all that Zahnd has said over the years.
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Please correct me because I know I'm going to get it wrong but you believe Jesus is the (I'm going to screw up the phrase here because I can't remember it exactly) exact representation of God's character, to the extent that you don't believe that God did some of what is attributed to Him in the Torah (such as killing people, inflicting sickness on them, commanding death, etc.).
Yes, I believe Scripture when it tells us that Christ is the exact representation of the very nature of God, and that anything that is inconsistent with who Christ is is therefore inconsistent with who God is. I believe genocide, infanticide, death, destruction are inconsistent with the nature of God as revealed in Christ crucified. I believe these depictions are accommodations that God makes to maintain relationship with His people and move them closer to His true nature, which is revealed as Christ hung on the cross. Just as we see the Father never desired sacrifice, but instead mercy. Sacrifices and burnt offerings were not what He desired, but what He accommodated to continue nudging His people to Him.
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That would make a very nuanced view that's hard to articulate on social media in a meaningful way if Zahnd has the same belief.
Yes, it is difficult to articulate such a view on a platform such as twitter. Greg Boyd laid out this perspective over a massive 1400 page, 2-volume work.
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Edit: that doesn't even address the other aspects of the Word being present since the beginning which I'm sure swimmer and Twitter were all over. 140 characters is not a preaching platform.
Agree completely w/ the last sentence. It's a horrible platform to try and make statements that require any level of nuance.