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So, the other day I was on chat and someone PMed me because I had stated that I believe Sabbath is sundown-Friday to sundown-Saturday. In the course of the conversation the lady discovered I share some beliefs with Messianics (mainly, I follow the 613 mitvot). She then went on to give me a list of Paul scripture references and told me to "read your Bible" and then she promptly left chat before I could respond.
I was more amused than angered or offended by her comment. In fact, I was not angered at all and only slightly offended. It amused me that she would tell me to read my Bible and then leave before I could respond. I was even more amused by the fact that she thought following the 613 mitvot meant I must have never read Paul's writings before.
That got me thinking, it seems that many people think that people with differing views from their own must obviously not read the Bible, because there can't possibly be any other way said person would believe such things. Because, obviously, if someone follows the Law that person has never laid eyes on the New Testament.
Truth be told, I was indeed raised a Christian. I rarely read Leviticus growing up for the simple reason that I was of the mindset that it did not apply to me so it was boring and unneccessary to read. I usually only read Exodus to the point that Moses leads the Israelites out of Egpyt, and then I would skip over to Joshua.
I grew up reading Paul's writings. I did believe the Law had been fulfilled and as such I need not follow it any longer. I DO have an ordained minister as a mom and ordained minister/pastor as a father. They have already talked to me about my beliefs. I already know the scripture references for why we need no longer follow the Law. I am not some ignorant girl who is following the Law for the fun of it (because, giving up marshmallows and pork is oh so fun... [/sarcasm]). And yes, this is a relatively new belief I hold about following Law. And yes, I am still figuring things out. As of right now I follow Law because most evidence points toward that being the correct thing to do. Who knows, though? Five years down the road I may be a "Bible reading, non-Law-following, proper Christian girl" once more.
I understand if people want to discuss my views with me, but that does not mean you need to assume I don't read my Bible just because I follow the Law.
I think this can go for anyone else on this site, though. I have seen the words "read your Bible" quite often in many of the discussions on here. Perhaps instead of assuming one with different views does not read his/her Bible, you can just forgo such asinine comments and figure out what that person believes and then give your evidence for why you believe that person is wrong. Yeah?
I was more amused than angered or offended by her comment. In fact, I was not angered at all and only slightly offended. It amused me that she would tell me to read my Bible and then leave before I could respond. I was even more amused by the fact that she thought following the 613 mitvot meant I must have never read Paul's writings before.
That got me thinking, it seems that many people think that people with differing views from their own must obviously not read the Bible, because there can't possibly be any other way said person would believe such things. Because, obviously, if someone follows the Law that person has never laid eyes on the New Testament.
Truth be told, I was indeed raised a Christian. I rarely read Leviticus growing up for the simple reason that I was of the mindset that it did not apply to me so it was boring and unneccessary to read. I usually only read Exodus to the point that Moses leads the Israelites out of Egpyt, and then I would skip over to Joshua.
I grew up reading Paul's writings. I did believe the Law had been fulfilled and as such I need not follow it any longer. I DO have an ordained minister as a mom and ordained minister/pastor as a father. They have already talked to me about my beliefs. I already know the scripture references for why we need no longer follow the Law. I am not some ignorant girl who is following the Law for the fun of it (because, giving up marshmallows and pork is oh so fun... [/sarcasm]). And yes, this is a relatively new belief I hold about following Law. And yes, I am still figuring things out. As of right now I follow Law because most evidence points toward that being the correct thing to do. Who knows, though? Five years down the road I may be a "Bible reading, non-Law-following, proper Christian girl" once more.
I understand if people want to discuss my views with me, but that does not mean you need to assume I don't read my Bible just because I follow the Law.
I think this can go for anyone else on this site, though. I have seen the words "read your Bible" quite often in many of the discussions on here. Perhaps instead of assuming one with different views does not read his/her Bible, you can just forgo such asinine comments and figure out what that person believes and then give your evidence for why you believe that person is wrong. Yeah?
