While science tries to answer the "how" of life starting from observations, religion consists in remaining firm in a faith that answers the "who". Genesis reveals just who the creator is. “How” is simply the work of science. Rev. B. Knutson (interview, November 23, 2013) observes, “As finite people, we are declaring a declaration of faith in the infinite.” Lutherans take this into account and accept that there is no way to understand such infinite things because they are beyond the human mind, just as it is not possible to understand the beginning or end of a circle. Another important thing to note is that this book of faith is not worshiped. The authors of the Bible are seen as fallible human beings and recognize that God himself did not write the text. A famous quote from the founder of Lutheranism, Martin Luther, states: “The Bible is the cradle in which Christ was laid.” In this statement, he was stating that the Bible contains important information to understand, but it is not the absolute truth itself. There is a religion that worships the Bible called Bibliolatry, but it has no role in Lutheranism (www.wscal.edu). An example of human guilt that can be seen in Scripture is the account of Jesus' resurrection. Among the four gospels of the New Testament there are two different stories. In
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