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To: whispering out loud

I take note of your tagline...that the Bible, is either 100% true, or by its very nature, its 100% a lie...

Now, I would ask you this...there exists in this country alone, a myriad of Christian religions, all claiming to believe in the Bible...but we have Catholics, Baptists, Evangelicals, Orthodox, Methodists, Lutherans, LDS, Jehovahs Witnesses, 7th Day Adventists, Presbyterians, Calvinists, and that just scratches the surface...we have tons of independently formed Churches...and all these 'denominations', claim, that they have the one true Biblical belief, the one true Biblical authority, the one true Biblical interpretation...now, this cannot be true...

All these different denominations have many different varying and often opposing beliefs and views, and dogmas...just go onto any religious thread on FR, and you will be able to see some of the nastiest arguments going on...one self-proclaimed Christian from one denomination, telling another self-proclaimed Christians of another denomination, that they cannot possibly even be a Christian, simply because they belong to and support the beliefs of a different faith....Its all quite ugly....they cannot often even agree on the meaning of words, such as 'brother', 'all', 'day' 'year' and on and on and on...

I read those religious thread for enlightenment, and information...more often what I find myself in the middle of, is an all out brawl...tho I will agree there are many posters who remain civil, post information, discuss in a civil manner, yet the very rude and awful conduct of many of them, makes on wonder what they are doing on a religious thread in the first place...

The way I see it, matters of religious faith, and religious belief, within the family of people who call themselves 'Christian' often comes down to merely a matter of personal subjective interpretation...

And many people who call themselves Christians, see no conflict between their Biblical belief, and their support of evolution...but to those, who decide that their own personal interpretation of the Bible, which supports creationism, is the true one, have no problem calling others who might disagree with them, 'atheist'...

Which is kind of a long winded way of asking you, about your tagline...I know you feel that the Bible is 100% true of else its 100% lies, because you have used that as your tagline...but, is not your belief in the Bible, which I would assume is used to correlate to your 100% true belief of the Bible, is not your belief also a matter of personal subjective interpretation, which may suit you in your life, but which may not suit others?...not necessarily that one belief is true or a lie, any more than a contrary belief is true or a lie...just that two beliefs about one subject, are a matter of personal subjective interpretation...and only the Lord, himself is the one who can weigh and judge how well we have done?


1,695 posted on 02/16/2006 7:53:44 PM PST by andysandmikesmom
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To: andysandmikesmom
While I appreciate your observations, I do not claim the "one true biblical belief", just that I believe solely in the scriptures themselves, and not in mans interpretations of them. "Any man mind you", that includes my pastor, and or the set doctrines, and bylaws of my church. If someone, bringing me scripture, in context, can prove one of my beliefs wrong, then I concede to their wisdom on the word. I do believe according to the scriptures, that "Each man should work out his own salvation with fear and trembling" that being said, I do believe it is each persons duty, and responsibility to research the scriptures for themselves, not ignoring others views, and beliefs on the Bible, but at the same time not completely writing them off either until you have conclusively studied themselves for yourself. I hope this sheds some light on my biblical beliefs.
1,701 posted on 02/16/2006 8:21:24 PM PST by whispering out loud (the bible is either 100% true, or in it's very nature it is 100% a lie)
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