We are to rightly divide the word not play silly games.
Many people will actually add or take away from Christs teaching because they read what Paul or even some one a hundred and fifty years ago said that seems to contradict it.
Many Church leaders try to be every thing to every one and and simply will not admit that there is any thing they do not know, so instead of simply saying i do not know they will come up with some silly explanation that may be far off from the truth.
However i will disagree on one thing and that is understanding the original language, i am a grade school drop out so it is unlikely that i would understand Greek or Hebrew.
And it is even more unlikely that i would believe what some college educated person who has done absolutely nothing except go to school had to tell me, simply because words and meanings can be twisted around too easily, and also misunderstood by people who have not walked the walk.
If one does not bother to learn the original languages then you are dependent on someone else’s translation. That is dangerous. Moreover the fact that you would ignore someone’s education tells me all I need to know about you.
God did not give you a cpu He gave you a brain. it is to be used to the fullest possible extent that one can. You have no basis for any of the so called ‘opinions’ that you will ‘develop’. That is exactly how the LDS church came into being and the Jehovah’s Witnesses.....I don’t need someone writing sermons and preaching to me who has no knowledge or understanding of context and original language