This is not what I am reading in your quotation of the
interview
At this juncture it is safe to note that Rev Yap has stated very
clearly that, in his view, the Bible WAS NOT TRANSMITTED BY GOD IN
A WRITTEN FORM and that the writers of the different books
INTERPRET THEIR EXPERIENCES AS INDIVIDUALS. This totally discounted
the "inspiration of the Holy Spirit". Once removing the divine
influence, the Bible no longer is the Word of God, it is merely, at
best, a historical account. That being the case, it will be totally
unnecessary to debate any Bibilical doctrine, seeing that, in
reality there is none.
Once this stand is taken... the Bible loses all authority,
because there is no longer any authority.
Each faithful follower has to make his or own interpretation and
which may or may not reflect that of the religious institutions.
The teachings of the institutions themselves change according to
the changing times. Homosexuality is one issue which is in the
process of change and hopefully, the time will come also for more
religious leaders to be gay-affirming.
If the interpretation and teaching is going to continue to
change, then there is no need even to talk about marriage,
acceptance of Christ as a personal Saviour, or even the works of
the Holy Spirit in our lives.
In all honesty, in all my years in the Methodist church, I have
never even heard of Rev Yap. His name is never mentioned at all.
Previous bishops and leaders have been invited from time to time to
my church, never once was Rev Yap invited.
