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Bible Question:
Is it true that this forum encourages the exchange of good, bad, foolish, insightful, even evil ideas? I had assumed otherwise, simply because the owners of the site are publishers of the Bible. I have not checked, but I would be surprised if the also published bad, foolish, insightful, even evil versions of the Bible. I do not doubt that there are all kinds of ideas published on the Internet, and there may well be forums that encourage simple self-expression. But shouldn’t a Bible forum be different? The suggestion is not that one person give all answers. It is not suggested that those who answer get together to confer before answering. It is suggested that they try to bring their answers together much like we would all seek to reconcile Scriptures which seem to say different things. Nor would questioners be passive. The could be aggressive in expressing their thoughts, but in the end they would be asking the “experts” how those thoughts squared with Scripture. I agree that my proposal seems to relieve participants of the obligation to be good Bereans. And the example of the Bereans is often cited. But is it not true that these folks were commended precisely because they were exceptional? Should we expect all Christians to be like that? We know for a fact that they are not. Should we insist then, that every believer be a devoted berean level Bible student or perish? And the people do perish for lack of knowledge. Why are we doing this? Do we invite everyone to our church, all the cults and all, and then tell the people to decide whom they will believe? Do we invite everyone to be on a pannel of Bible translators and to have their say in the final product? Do we bring all the books into our church libraries and let the people read them and decide? And yet I do fear that if we abridge the freedom of the participants to come on and pontificate, that they may not come at all. There may well be fewer participants overall. But is it not worth considering, the quality of the record that is built here? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Aixen7z4; You can't have it both ways. You say that the questioners "could be aggressive in expressing their thoughts", yet you object to that very behavior today. How will you compel questioners to end by "asking the 'experts' how those thoughts squared with Scripture"? As for the Bereans, they were indeed exceptional. So was Jesus. Should Christians not strive to be exceptional? We would do better to encourage all visitors to test every word rather than spoon feed them with "expert" answers. You said "I do fear that if we abridge the freedom of the participants to come on and pontificate, that they may not come at all." I wonder if you can make the same statement reversing the "we" and "they": "I do fear that if they abridge the freedom of the participants to come on and pontificate, we may not come at all." Are you among those who pontificate? Do you see yourself as a questioner or an "expert"? Indeed, I would like everyone who is calling for "experts" to state unequivocally that they would submit to the judgment of the "experts" if they were not among the chosen few. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |