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Show PASTOR DENIES TRUTH OF BIBLE I i OMAHA Sept 8 The moral standards stand-ards of the Bible are not up to the moral standards of the church tod:iy. according to th- K- I D. M Buck-ner, Buck-ner, self-called "ecclesiastical progressive." pro-gressive." whose resignation from the pastorate of (he Aurora, Neb., Methodist Meth-odist church became known Thursday. Thurs-day. The Rev. Mr Buckner la a delegate del-egate to the stAt- Methodist convention conven-tion now In t-f-salon hcrr-. The Rev. Mr. Buckner characterised character-ised as "unbelievable" certain biblical Stories Which dplct God as cruel ' Who Im lleves that story that God caused two she-bears to come out and kill 42 children because they called Bllsha an old bald-head7" he asked in his farewell sermon at Aurora Sunday. Sun-day. ""The history of the Bible Is not very roliablf," he said. "Tho Jews were a religious people and produced a religious reli-gious literature The church 'progre -bIvk' believe that th Bible was mado up of selections from this literatim-. Them is a wide difference betwei n this belief ahd the belief that God dictated the words and language and the thought of tho Bible "Science of the Bible does not cor- 1 respond with the dlseo cries of mod-; orn science, and we know that the i men who wrote the Bible believed tho earth was flat and the sky solid." ; One of the church dltrnltarles attending at-tending tho conference here described the Rev, Mr. Buekner's 'progrensB o ' doctrlno as "pretty raw" but si-irrul of tho younger clergyman defended It. I The Rev. Mr. Buckner has been ui -tlvely In the ministry for 42 years. |