appeared on the Bad Christian Podcast where he discussed
some of the backlash he received from blog posts sharing his
beliefs on the literal account of creation and the flood in the book of Genesis.
The singer recently came under fire when various media outlets
reported on the post where he voiced his beliefs in science and
admitted that he does not interpret the accounts of Noah and
Adam and Eve literally. He defended his perspective during the
podcast and also made an interesting comment in regards to
what the fundamentalist church bases its beliefs on in the 21st
century.
"If you asked any Christian before the Enlightenment, 'What is
the foundation of your faith?' Everybody's going to say Jesus
Christ," he said. "If you ask somebody now, especially an
evangelical or fundamentalist, there's a good chance they're
going to say the Bible."
Gungor also clarified what he believes when it comes to other
essential Christian doctrine such as the birth and life of Jesus,
the Holy Spirit and Jesus' second coming by stating that he fully
embraces the Apostle's Creed and all of its tenets.
The singer feels that he's become part of a culture war that's
happening within Christendom where believers are breaking
away from a fundamentalist belief system and embracing the
discoveries of science.
"These are issues that are kind of burning in the back of people's
minds that they just need to fight about right now," he said. "I
happen to be a convenient person to use as a scapegoat."
Criticisms of the singer based on the blog posts have gone as far
as saying that when he dies, God will send him to a special
place in hell for twisting Scripture.
The Christian Post reported on Gungor's blogging earlier this
month. The post titled "What We Believe" was released in
February of this year and explained how Michael and his wife
Lisa no longer embraced the literal interpretation of the flood and creation in Genesis.
"I have no more ability to believe, for example, that the first
people on earth were a couple named Adam and Eve that lived
6,000 years ago. I have no ability to believe that there was a
flood that covered all the highest mountains of the world only
4,000 years ago and that all of the animal species that exist
today are here because they were carried on an ark and then
somehow walked or flew all around the world from a mountain in the middle east after the water dried up," he said.
In a later blog written by Gungor titled "I'm With You," the singer
defended his position and talked about how it doesn't affect his
faith.
"In fact, God is both inside and outside of the huddle [or group
that holds to a specific believe]," he said. "And you can still love
God and love people and read those early Genesis stories as
myth with some important things to teach us. Not all of you will
be ready to do that, and that's perfectly ok."
source: christianpost
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