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To: Luke Skyfreeper

And your point is?


31 posted on 06/16/2006 10:12:19 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: RobbyS
And your point is?

Sounds like a snide reply, and maybe it is, but it's also a good question.

I suppose my point is that people are often too dogmatic and simplistic in their understanding of things like faith. First, they follow the word of some Bible teacher (usually whoever happened to be speaking at whatever church they happened to grow up in), and they believe it wholeheartedly.

There's nothing wrong with that, I suppose. And it's perfectly natural: people desperately want life to wrapped up all clean and simple and decisively and 100% certain (which is why cults have such an appeal).

Most people don't go the "cult" route in life. But I can tell you this: To my observation, a lot of people decide, "Hey, WE'VE got the TRUTH." And then they take that and it becomes an enormous source of pride for them. Which is not really a good thing. Especially when they then use their sense that they're the people with the "truth" to set themselves, in their minds, above other people.

My point isn't to try and destroy anybody's faith. But just realize this: Any time somebody tries to wrap up faith in a cut-and-dried little box, well, it's fine for you to believe the cut-and-dried version if you want, but in my experience God and faith can't be reduced to a cut-and-dried little statement of dogma and doctrine.

34 posted on 06/16/2006 11:01:46 PM PDT by Luke Skyfreeper
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