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In dealing with the scriptures it is imporant to note that there will be disagrement about what verses meen or how they should be applyed. This is when I would like anyone to direct this post to the room so that people will hopefully read and understand the diferance between "truth" and a "belief"
when dealing with scirpture, we offen gain or are taugh something and belvie it to be true without checking the Bible at all.
Sometimes, upon checking the Bible we might find the passages to back up the ideas we were taught or belive in. Sometimes not.
If we are willing to look at the Bible in both the historical context and as a full picture, then we will be honest about it.
However, what is "truth" ?
Truth can be defined as something you know is right no matter what the context. God exists might be such a truth, you can know this apart from the sciptures as true.
Belife, however is something we mearly belive in, I might belive something that is not true, but for me that belif is imporant, thus I am serten of the belife.
Meny belivers and non-belivers share this in commen, we offen forget what the diferance between what is truth and what is belife.
We might belive that the Bible is perfect, so be it, this has nothing to do with the truth - that it is probley 90% well perserved historicaly speaking. We can contune to belive it is perfect, but that is not the truth.
If you are a truth seeker you will be frustrated that you can not pull just one idea out of scirpture and make it a teaching, you must be open to meny interpations of that scirpture, because there will be meny belives about it.
The main point is to seek the truth, but be in the end, satifyed with whatever truth you can gleem from it.
Therefor, in any debate let us never forget that truth can be known - but only to a point when dealing with scitprues, we have belifes and I'm sure God will correct us about our wrong belifes. Lets focus on the essentals where we can all agree on!
peace out
when dealing with scirpture, we offen gain or are taugh something and belvie it to be true without checking the Bible at all.
Sometimes, upon checking the Bible we might find the passages to back up the ideas we were taught or belive in. Sometimes not.
If we are willing to look at the Bible in both the historical context and as a full picture, then we will be honest about it.
However, what is "truth" ?
Truth can be defined as something you know is right no matter what the context. God exists might be such a truth, you can know this apart from the sciptures as true.
Belife, however is something we mearly belive in, I might belive something that is not true, but for me that belif is imporant, thus I am serten of the belife.
Meny belivers and non-belivers share this in commen, we offen forget what the diferance between what is truth and what is belife.
We might belive that the Bible is perfect, so be it, this has nothing to do with the truth - that it is probley 90% well perserved historicaly speaking. We can contune to belive it is perfect, but that is not the truth.
If you are a truth seeker you will be frustrated that you can not pull just one idea out of scirpture and make it a teaching, you must be open to meny interpations of that scirpture, because there will be meny belives about it.
The main point is to seek the truth, but be in the end, satifyed with whatever truth you can gleem from it.
Therefor, in any debate let us never forget that truth can be known - but only to a point when dealing with scitprues, we have belifes and I'm sure God will correct us about our wrong belifes. Lets focus on the essentals where we can all agree on!
peace out