[Mad Dawg]

There is a huge danger in reading secular opinions of scriptural teachings.

Should we stop reading each other then?

Or maybe I don't understand what you mean by 'secular'.

[CynicalBear]

A good writer can spin a tail and make it very believable. If a person isn’t well grounded in scripture false teaching and understanding is very easy to accomplish. The mind is a wonderful thing but can also be a dangerous trap if fed small bits of error at a time. One small change in meaning of a verse can begin a trip to total error.

I’ll give you an example. In the Old Testament a word that has been translated God because at times it was talking about God and describing an attribute of God is misinterpreted. That word is Elohim. In Greek the word is used to describe an attribute of God but is not always used to refer to God. Its meaning is “judge”. The judges of the Israelites where called Elohim. Error in translation leads some to think men were being called gods. Take that one error and follow it through and it causes many problems.