U.S. Bishop says we need a 'Third Testament' because the Old and New Testaments are "problematic" and "not the word of God

Yvette Flunder

 Some Bible passages should be taken out, according to a bishop.

The comment was made in a recent speech at the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy by Yvette Flunder, the Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries and senior pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ (UCC) in Oakland, California.

Both the Old and New Testaments have "problematic" passages, she said. She continued by saying that since the second testament is a word about God rather than the word of God itself, a third testament is 

required.

This is a very dangerous thing that I'm about to say now... a bit dangerous," she stated. I believe that a Third Testament is necessary. The Bible has become troublesome since it says, "Slaves obey your masters as you do the Lord."-it's a text.  "Let the women keep quiet in the churches and let them ask their husbands at home if they have any questions.

"Now I’m a believer. My whole heart, I trust God with my whole heart. I wake up in the morning talking to God and God talking to me. 

"But I am completely frustrated with the ways in which the text speaks to the kind of vitriolic God that makes those kinds of things. 

"And people will say, ‘well, it’s in the book.’ And I said, then we need to pull that page out. 

"And they said, well, you can’t do it. It’s the Word of God. I said, no, it’s words about God. Come on now. But is it the Word of God? No. It is not the Word of God. 

"The New Testament is NOT the word of God"

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