[editor-surveyor]

" The point being the Bereans were open to new ideas"

I know that you want to believe that, but the truth is the contrary; they searched the scriptures to protect their understanding from "new ideas." New ideas are pure error; we need understanding of old facts, not new ideas. In 700 AD, Islam was a new idea.

[SoothingDave]

Good luck arguing that the New Testament wasn't new. Remember, 500 years ago "Sola Scriptura" (and sola fide) were new.