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I have been told by other Christians that what I believe is wrong, because what they believe is right. We both have bible verses to back our perspectives up,
Even after these hour long debates / discussions - we both end up having to agree to disagree.
WTF?!
I mean come on now - does anyone else see the problem with everyone's interpretation being accepted as true, just because it suits their personal perspective?
This is how the reformation started, and a million and one different Christian " truths" came to be.
Realistically though;
Everyone can't be right, but everyone can be wrong.
Only the author knows his works; the bible is the absolute truth of God, and God had it written by only HIS divine authority -
There is NOTHING subjective about the bible; God laid down one solid truth, and this is why in Revelations it says not to add or take anything away from the bible.
If you misinterpret the bible, you have either taken something away from it's meaning, or added something to it.
That is FALSE.
This is why I don't understand why everyone is just settling for accepting every interpretation, or adhering so strongly to their own.
How can you be so sure you are correct?
Just look at the logical realization here;
If God is all - knowing and perfect, his word would have to be indisputable so that nothing is up for subjective relativity and all will come into unity under ONE truth - NOT HUNDREDS OF THEM.
There is no reason that one Christian should dispute with another over God and his works - yet everyone and their mama argues over the bible.
So what then? What makes you so right in what you believe, and everyone else so wrong?
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I am just going to point this out:
Jesus Christ brought with him a teaching; God brought a teaching;
Jesus said that another called " Counselor," will come in his name to " remind you ( us)" of what Jesus had spoken. There's another verse in which this mysterious 2nd Coming Christ is said to guide everyone into all truths.
Just deducing from what Jesus said here ( This is in the book of John btw under the heading " jesus comforts his disciples NIV)
We can logically conclude that the " truth " has been messed up, falsified, and mutilated, or else 2nd Coming Christ would not have been prophesied to come to fix the mess people have made of God's gospel.
So until that time, does anyone really have the authority to say they are absolutely right? Can you really speak with the authority of God, that you know exactly what the bible says?
Even the Pharisee's studied the bible diligently, and ended up crucifying the Savior they had been waiting for.
" Though seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear..."
So who's really hearing...and who's really seeing.
Even after these hour long debates / discussions - we both end up having to agree to disagree.
WTF?!
I mean come on now - does anyone else see the problem with everyone's interpretation being accepted as true, just because it suits their personal perspective?
This is how the reformation started, and a million and one different Christian " truths" came to be.
Realistically though;
Everyone can't be right, but everyone can be wrong.
Only the author knows his works; the bible is the absolute truth of God, and God had it written by only HIS divine authority -
There is NOTHING subjective about the bible; God laid down one solid truth, and this is why in Revelations it says not to add or take anything away from the bible.
If you misinterpret the bible, you have either taken something away from it's meaning, or added something to it.
That is FALSE.
This is why I don't understand why everyone is just settling for accepting every interpretation, or adhering so strongly to their own.
How can you be so sure you are correct?
Just look at the logical realization here;
If God is all - knowing and perfect, his word would have to be indisputable so that nothing is up for subjective relativity and all will come into unity under ONE truth - NOT HUNDREDS OF THEM.
There is no reason that one Christian should dispute with another over God and his works - yet everyone and their mama argues over the bible.
So what then? What makes you so right in what you believe, and everyone else so wrong?
~
I am just going to point this out:
Jesus Christ brought with him a teaching; God brought a teaching;
Jesus said that another called " Counselor," will come in his name to " remind you ( us)" of what Jesus had spoken. There's another verse in which this mysterious 2nd Coming Christ is said to guide everyone into all truths.
Just deducing from what Jesus said here ( This is in the book of John btw under the heading " jesus comforts his disciples NIV)
We can logically conclude that the " truth " has been messed up, falsified, and mutilated, or else 2nd Coming Christ would not have been prophesied to come to fix the mess people have made of God's gospel.
So until that time, does anyone really have the authority to say they are absolutely right? Can you really speak with the authority of God, that you know exactly what the bible says?
Even the Pharisee's studied the bible diligently, and ended up crucifying the Savior they had been waiting for.
" Though seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear..."
So who's really hearing...and who's really seeing.