That's why my love for Tolstoy's Three Little Hermits and Christ's Two Commandments from the OT are my guiding formula to faith: glorify God and leave the rest to Him.
All the rest is human interpretation, i.e. legalisms, rules, judging, prejudices, and cultural bias.
Different interpretations by different men will lead to different answers
That hardly qualifies as the truth. Trouble is, people make decisions, sometimes decisions of life and death, based on those interpretations. Again, we use religion as a weapon and not as a means to simply acknowledge God's glory and be at peace. No, we must 'interpret' and be 'right.'
The key is not interpretation, FK, but worship. The less we concentrate on interpreting the scriputre 'just right,' and more on worship, the less sinful our lives will be.
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FWIW, I liked the above.
Quix,
Worship and right understanding are inseperable to a point. The Jehovah's Witnesses could claim worship but do not have a right understanding of who Christ is. As such, their worship is of a false God. On the essentials, we have to get it right. Otherwise, our 'worship' is no better than pagan worship.
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