Show I Minister Scores Old Time Religion Resigns His Pulpit as a Protest Protect Prot st J. J D. D M. M Buckner in a statement accompanying his voluntary resignation resignation resignation tion as minister of the Methodist church in Aurora Nebraska a post he IB has held for eleven years year declared declared de de- de- de dared there are re and progressives in religion as well as In politics Im an ecclesiastical progressive progressive progressive pro pro- I pave lave no faith in the old- old time religion Buckner declared The statement also declared Its author does not the Bible as asan asan asan an inspired book and regards regards re regards re- re gards much of ot It as a libel on the God he worships Omaha The Omaha The moral standards of the Bible are not up to the moral standards of the church today according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the Rev J. J 1 D. D. D M. M Buckner Buckner Buckner Buck Buck- ner self-called self ecclesiastical progressive progressive pro pro- whose resignation from the pastorate of ot the Aurora Neb Methodist church became known recently The Rev Mr Buckner characterized characterized characterized character character- as unbelievable certain Biblical Biblical Biblical cal stories which depict God as cruel Who believes the story that God caused two she-bears she to come out and ami kill two forty children because they call called d Elisha an old baldhead 7 he asked his sermon at Aurora Aurora Aurora Au Au- rora on Sunday The history of the Bible Dible is not very reliable he said The UThe Jews were a religious people and produced a religious literature The church progressives believe that the Bible was was made up of selections from this literature There Is a wide difference I between this belief and the belief that God dictated the words and language and thoughts of ot the Bible Science of the Bible does not correspond correspond correspond cor cor- respond with the discoveries of mod mod- ern science and we know that themen the themen themen men who wrote the Bible believed the earth was fiat flat and ana the sky solid One of the church dignitaries attending attending attending at at- tending the conference here described the Rev Mr Buckners Buckner's progressive doctrin as pretty raw but several of the younger clergymen defended it The Rev Mr Buckner has been actively engaged In the ministry for two forty-two years 0 |