“It might interrupt their ‘teaching’ of their ‘inferiors’ though.”
As someone who has personally spent thousands of hours reading, studying, memorizing, and meditating on the Bible, my assessment of pcottraux’s Bible knowledge is that it is well above average. I have personally learned a thing or two from this recent series of videos.
It is God’s design of the church for some to have the gift of teaching. Being called to teach the Bible does not make a person superior to other Christians. While God does want Christians to study the Bible for themselves, He also does not want us to become so arrogant that we think we can figure out everything there is to know on our own.
I understand that you are the in-house FR defender against blog pimps. I don’t feel this applies to pcottraux. He is providing his lessons in video form. I don’t see any indication he is stealing FR traffic to make money off of a monetized Youtube channel. So, my opinion is that he is providing a worthwhile contribution to those who are interested in what he has to say. The discussion of the topics he is covering could lead to him learning more as well, as there are many students of the Bible on this forum.
I have never made a dime from doing this.
I appreciate the support, but defending me to humblegunner is a lost cause. For the same reason I don't let myself get sucked into arguments with social media. When people are determined to be enraged, filled with hate, etc...it's useless to defend your reputation with them, because it only makes them double down. So I will just be ignoring him from now on (I only saw his first post...the second and third must have been really bad to get pulled like that).
The sad part is that I've told him I agree with his stance on blog pimps and clickbaiters, if what they post is mindless drivel or something clearly meant to generate ad revenue. But somehow that seems to infuriate him even more!