Subject: Possible Lockman Forum Improvements #2 |
Bible Note: Joe I was never one to shy away from a good debate. I usually jump in with both feet. However step back and look what it presents to a new believer or a seeker. It appears the Christian community is so divided, or fragmented that no one is quite sure what to believe. The best they can do is to agree to disagree. Furthermore many times since there is no consensus of opinion a person could walk way thinking as a Christian your are free to believe what you want as long as you respectfully agree to disagree with anyone that tells you different. We being human and do to differences in education, biases, and many other factors, we refuse to read passages by defined standards of grammar and fail to hold the one passage of the bible will not conflict with another if the correct context is found for both. Therefore we are unable to find the correct meaning to a passage and agree to disagree. I submit to you that is not how God intended his Word to be taken. So I wouldn’t stand so proud on your ability to agree to disagree. That said as to item #3 the summary if I was summarizing a debate would you not expect me to present my summarization in such a way that my point was more favorably shaded than yours? In other words after we agree to disagree as you put it and having the responsibility to summarize the discussion wouldn’t I be tempted to take on last shot at your position through this final summarization? I wonder how Christ views our thick skins and eagerness to debate? :-) EdB |