A One Act Play About The Bible

Tom: I only believe what the Bible teaches.

Harry: I only believe what the Bible teaches, too.

Tom: I guess we believe all the same things.

Harry: The Bible says, “Call no man on earth father.” Do you call anyone on earth “father”?

Tom: Just my father.

Harry: But that’s not what the Bible says.

Tom: I guess I think that verse means something different than it seems to say.

Harry: Oh.

Tom: Do you believe that the earth spins round and round?

Harry: No.

Tom: But the Bible says that God fixed the world so that it shall never be moved.

Harry: I guess I think that verse means something different than it seems to say.

Tom: We have both used the expression “something different than it seems to say.”

Harry: That’s true. What do you think the expression means?

Tom: Maybe it means that we both have different *ways* of reading the Bible.

Harry: Maybe the word “traditions” is another word for the word “ways.”

Tom: That is true.

Harry: Perhaps it wasn’t terribly helpful for us to say that we only believe what the Bible teaches.

Tom: I am glad we had this conversation. Let’s learn more about traditions now, and learn more about the Bible in the process.