To point out a heresy in a fellow Christian is charity. To defend the Church form attack is also charity.
Which church?..
To point out a heresy in a fellow Christian is charity. To defend the Church form attack is also charity.
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For the above to be true—simply true; generally true . . .
particularly from God’s perspective would depend on a LOT of factors . . .
And biased, hide-bound, tradition bound, tidy-little box bound ... perspectives . . . have, in my experience and observations been chronically prone to wholesale error—i.e. virtually always very seriously wrong and wrong on more than a couple of scores, factors, issues.