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1 | Acts 13:1 | Bible general Archive 4 | jamison | 204183 | ||
Hello Tamara, First, I don't plan on debating any of the soul sleep stuff. It isn't that important to me. Nor am I am not against shooting down anyone's theology. What is more important to me (and maybe only to me) is first how we Christians tend to trivialize the beliefs of others, even other Christians, and second how we often look for our answers within the realm of those who believe like us anyway. In my opinion, you have trivialized the concept of soul sleep by saying it comes from one verse taken out of context. While soul sleep may not be true, it comes from much more than one verse; and while there is only one CORRECT context, we all tend to read and decide the context based off our current theology. You have, however, mentioned that you have discussed the idea with many SDAers, so you have at least been willing to listen to their points. That is strong. Anyway, it probably wasn't any of my business. I probably read more into than necessary. Should have just kept quite. jamison |
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2 | Acts 13:1 | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 204185 | ||
So, you're trivializing Tamara's beliefs? :-) You know Jamison, holding to some teaching or other despite all reason, may, in one sense, represent an admirable persistence. But, God has gone to great lengths to show us the importance of doctrine. Now, the world teaches that whole plurality thing. But as Christians, we know that two contradicting assertions can't both be right. We understand that doctrine divides. It divides light from darkness, sheep from goats, wheat from tares, children of the Lord from children of the devil, etc. Remember, a high estimation of sound doctrine, doesn't necessarily correspond with a high estimation of the people who hold to such. On the other hand, a low estimation of heresy, error, or fantasy, does not necessarily correspond with a low estimation of the people who hold to those ideas. We have no direction from Scripture to respect folly in ourselves or in others. Don't confuse people with ideas. Your post reminded me of something written by Professor D. A. Carson: "In a relatively free and open society, the best forms of tolerance are those that are open to and tolerant of people, even when there are strong disagreements with their ideas. This robust toleration for people, if not always for their ideas, engenders a measure of civility in public discourse while still fostering spirited debate over the relative merits of this or that idea. Today, however, tolerance in many Western societies increasingly focuses on ideas, not on people. The result of adopting this new brand of tolerance is less discussion of the merits of competing ideas -- and less civility. There is less discussion because toleration of diverse ideas demands that we avoid criticizing the opinions of others… Exclusiveness is the one religious idea that cannot be tolerated. Correspondingly, proselytism is a dirty word. One cannot fail to observe a crushing irony: the gospel of relativistic tolerance is perhaps the most 'evangelistic' movement in Western culture at the moment, demanding assent and brooking no rivals." |
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