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NASB | 1 Timothy 6:20 ¶ O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge"-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 6:20 ¶ O Timothy, guard and keep safe the deposit [of godly truth] entrusted to you, turn away from worldly and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], and the contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge"-- |
Bible Question:
ANTI or PRO? Which is it? "Does knowledge out weight truth Note 2 Tim 3:7 Lionstrong Wed 06/13/01, 4:40pm "That being said, your antipathy toward “book knowledge” is objectionable. Piety, our pursuit of holiness, doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with our God does not require us to be anti-intellectual. The above verses show the Apostle Paul to be a man of the books. To quote the Greeks poets evidences that he was well read in non-Jewish literature. As Paul is an example, “book knowledge” can enrich us and help us to speak more effectively to our culture." (06/13/01) All of the following quotes were submitted under the same user name. But, did the same person who wrote the first seven quotes also write the above, which is the same as the last quote? Can one condemn, ridicule and dismiss ALL science, asserting that "science is false", and then say to another "your antipathy toward 'book knowledge' is objectionable" and "God does not require us to be anti-intellectual"? Did the Forum just slip into the twilight zone or become part of the bizarro world? Read the following and decide for yourself. ANTI "Do you really know that the sun doesn't rise? Do you really know that the earth rotates on its axis?...I know the Bible uses figures of speech, but as serious Bible students isn't the only reason you believe that the sun standing still is a figure of speech is that you believe what you've been taught about the earth rotating on its axis? Because Science says so?" (05/11/01) "If Scripture, God's word, is our only source of truth, then what can be proven true by science, and mathematics?...what obligates us to believe that the earth spends...So far, the only reason given to take it as figurative is NOT based on a study of Scripture, but by imposing a belief on the Scripture, a belief whose source is not the Bible, but science....How do you know Jesus loves you? But how do you know the earth spins on its axis?" (05/15/01) "Some of us believe that it is a scientific fact that our solar system is heliocentric...Some of us, I think, have an unquestioned faith in science (for them it should be spelled with a capital S). To even question that the solar system is heliocentric is anathema...How do we know that Copernicus found the truth about the solar system when he concluded that it was heliocentric?" (05/17/01) "I am not OBLIGATED to believe in the earth's rotation. I am only obligated to understand and believe God's word." (05/17/01) "Once one defines what truth is, and depending on how one defines truth, science may be found to be false." "Truth is not physical...If truth is unchanging, then science is false." (05/29/01) "If we start from the Bible as our sole source of truth (sola scriptura) we could not deduce from the Scriptural data that the earth rotates on its axis." (05/11/01) PRO "That being said, your antipathy toward “book knowledge” is objectionable. Piety, our pursuit of holiness, doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with our God does not require us to be anti-intellectual. The above verses show the Apostle Paul to be a man of the books. To quote the Greeks poets evidences that he was well read in non-Jewish literature. As Paul is an example, “book knowledge” can enrich us and help us to speak more effectively to our culture." (06/13/01) My comment: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."--Emerson(?). No hobgoblins here! |
Bible Answer: Ooooo, a personal attack! Man! You must really have it in for me! I'm Pro-truth/knowledge, which is not science, which is falsely called truth :-). Paul quotes the Greek poets who happened to say something true. Now everything else they wrote might have been false, but on that one point they were right, and Paul used that truth to communicate the gospel. Affirming that science is false is not a dismissal, condemnation or making ridicule of it. Sometimes to use part of a quote is to misquote: "In this forum some have used the expression sola scriptura (Scripture only), which I accept. If Scripture, God's word, is our only source of truth, then what can be proven true by science, and mathematics? Then too, can science or math prove ANY biblical statement true or false?" |