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'''Liberal Theology''' is the one maintaining that [[mankind]] created God.{{#tag:ref|cf. [[Immanuel_Kant#Philosopher_of_Protestantism_vs._of_Evolutionary_thought|Immanuel Kant:Philosopher of Protestantism vs. of Evolutionary thought]]|group=note}} Such a position is exactly opposed to Classical or Orthodox Theology that, based on testimony and [[revelation]] in [[Scripture]]{{#tag:ref|cf. Genesis 1:27|group=note}}, has the proposition that [[God]] created mankind among its central tenets. In consequence of this difference, the scriptural texts are believed in Liberal theology to be purely a sort of legends and/or philosophical treatises considered as containing at the best some moral values worth of teaching, but do not make mankind accountable to Living God who created them and the World. As the god of Liberal Theology is just product of human mind, followers of this school of thought search for non-Biblical explanations of the origin of world and life where God plays no role whatsoever and they regard the Biblical passages on origins for being solely [[metaphor]]ical.  

'''Liberal Theology''' is the one maintaining that [[mankind]] created God.{{#tag:ref|cf. [[Immanuel_Kant#Philosopher_of_Protestantism_vs._of_Evolutionary_thought|Immanuel Kant:Philosopher of Protestantism vs. of Evolutionary thought]]|group=note}} Such a position is exactly opposed to Classical or Orthodox Theology that, based on testimony and [[revelation]] in [[Scripture]]{{#tag:ref|cf. Genesis 1:27|group=note}}, has the proposition that [[God]] created mankind among its central tenets. In consequence of this difference, the scriptural texts are believed in Liberal theology to be purely a sort of legends and/or philosophical treatises considered as containing at the best some moral values worth of teaching, but do not make mankind accountable to Living God who created them and the World. As the god of Liberal Theology is just product of human mind, followers of this school of thought search for non-Biblical explanations of the origin of world and life where God plays no role whatsoever and they regard the Biblical passages on origins for being solely [[metaphor]]ical.  

According to Wilhelm Busch, a [[Lutheran]] priest persecuted by [[Nazi]]s, such god as conceived by Liberal Theology, existing only in people's imagination as a construct of our time, who could be called and dismissed at one's discretion, would be completely ridiculous.<ref name="Jesus our destiny">{{cite book |title=Jesus our destiny |author=Wilhelm Busch |year=2001 |publisher=Brunen Publishing |place=Basel, Switzerland |page=70|isbn=0-86347-024-6 |url=ftp://bitflow.dyndns.org/english/WilhelmBusch/Jesus_Our_Destiny_2007.doc}}</ref> The [[Bible]] calls a god created by humans an [[idol]] and compares it to ''‘a scarecrow in a cucumber field’''.<ref>{{cite web |title=God and Idols, Jeremiah 10, New International Version (NIV)|publisher=Bible Gateway, Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+10%3A1-16&version=NIV}}</ref>  It portrays worshiping such god as worthless and makes distinction from the living God who made the [[earth]] by his power{{#tag:ref|''As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists '''only by virtue of a force''' which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. '''We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind'''. This mind is the matrix of all matter.'' [[Max Planck]], Das Wesen der Materie [The Nature of Matter], speech at Florence, Italy (1944); from Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Abt. Va, Rep. 11 Planck, Nr. 1797, quoted in <ref>{{cite book |title=The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief |author=Gregg Braden |publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com |year=2010 |isbn=9781458771957|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qLZRnDUyMgsC&pg=PA324&lpg=PA324&dq=Das+Wesen+der+Materie+Archiv+zur+Geschichte+der+Max-Planck-Gesellschaft&source=bl&ots=ihHz7_hEQr&sig=rkhB4u6o5TOdBtmAM1L06IpfMdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TjDTU6rNGcHNygPhjoDQCg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Das%20Wesen%20der%20Materie%20Archiv%20zur%20Geschichte%20der%20Max-Planck-Gesellschaft&f=false}}</ref> (Emphasis [[Conservapedia]])|group=note}} and founded the world by his [[wisdom]].{{#tag:ref|cf. [[Intelligent design]]|group=note}}

According to Wilhelm Busch, a [[Lutheran]] priest persecuted by [[Nazi]]s, such god as conceived by Liberal Theology, existing only in people's imagination as a construct of our time, who could be called and dismissed at one's discretion, would be completely ridiculous.<ref name="Jesus our destiny">{{cite book |title=Jesus our destiny |author=Wilhelm Busch |year=2001 |publisher=Brunen Publishing |place=Basel, Switzerland |page=70|isbn=0-86347-024-6 |url=ftp://bitflow.dyndns.org/english/WilhelmBusch/Jesus_Our_Destiny_2007.doc}}</ref> The [[Bible]] calls a god created by humans an [[idol]] and compares it to ''‘a scarecrow in a cucumber field’''.<ref>{{cite web |title=God and Idols, Jeremiah 10, New International Version (NIV)|publisher=Bible Gateway, Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+10%3A1-16&version=NIV}}</ref>  It portrays worshiping such god as worthless and makes distinction from the living God who made the [[earth]] by his power{{#tag:ref|''As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists '''only by virtue of a force''' which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. '''We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind'''. This mind is the matrix of all matter.'' [[Max Planck]], Das Wesen der Materie [The Nature of Matter], speech at Florence, Italy (1944); from Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Abt. Va, Rep. 11 Planck, Nr. 1797, quoted in <ref>{{cite book |title=The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief |author=Gregg Braden |publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com |year=2010 |isbn=9781458771957|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qLZRnDUyMgsC&pg=PA324&lpg=PA324&dq=Das+Wesen+der+Materie+Archiv+zur+Geschichte+der+Max-Planck-Gesellschaft&source=bl&ots=ihHz7_hEQr&sig=rkhB4u6o5TOdBtmAM1L06IpfMdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TjDTU6rNGcHNygPhjoDQCg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Das%20Wesen%20der%20Materie%20Archiv%20zur%20Geschichte%20der%20Max-Planck-Gesellschaft&f=false}}</ref> (Emphasis [[Conservapedia]])|group=note}} and founded the world by his [[wisdom]].{{#tag:ref|cf. [[Intelligent design]]|group=note}}

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==Semantic Gymnastics in Liberal Theology==

Since liberal theologians are paid to defend doctrines they do not believe, they redifine them instead in their ramblings. Thus, they can pretend they are not violating their ordination vows. For them, God is not the [[Creator]], but the 'ultimate concern'; ‘Jesus is Risen’ means that His influence continued after His death; ‘Christian faith’ need not consist of holding any doctrines, although the [[New Testament]] states otherwise.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Loving God with all your mind: logic and creation |author=Jonathan D. Sarfati |publisher=CMI |journal=Journal of Creation |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=142–151

!Wilhelm Busch 's reaction on god as a product of human mind<ref name="Jesus our destiny"/>

|date=August 1998 |url=http://creation.com/loving-god-with-all-your-mind-logic-and-creation |accessdate=28 November 2015}}</ref>

|''"Look here, a God who would allow himself to be insulted by you in such a way would be completely ridiculous. Let me tell you that such a God does not exist, except in your imagination. A God who could be called to account, a God who would stand before you as an accused before his judge - oh no! such a God could exist only in a sick mind. And I can only say this, 'Let's get rid of such a God. Let's put an end to him once and for all!'"''<br/>

''"But you are a minister, aren't you?" he stammered in surprise.''<br/>

''"Certainly! And that's why I would like to say this." I raised my voice so that everyone could hear me. "I would like to testify before you all that there is another God, the true God. You will not be able to call him to account. On the contrary, it's he who will summon you to appear before his court of justice. When that time comes, you will keep your mouths shut. There isn't a God you can say 'Beat it' to. But there is a holy, living, true God. And this God may very well say to you one day, 'Get behind me! Get out!'"''

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