In reply to Esther Hass.

So essentially, we shouldn't care that people in the ELCA hold to heterodox and even heretical beliefs? Confessing Christ as Lord means a whole lot more than confessing that Jesus really existed historically. One is also called to believe what He teaches -- and He teaches everything from Genesis to Revelation because He is God, and the Scripture is His Word. It is not helping a person and the person's faith to be affirming of wrong beliefs! Read 2 Timothy 3 and 4. What does St. Paul say regarding the Scripture?