Dave wrote:
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Could men have also perverted the scriptures? If God allowed it, they
could. Did He allow it? No one is qualified to say.
DAVEH: Seems to me that the Bible itself foretells that likelihood.
In several places, specific warnings are given to those who would add,
subtract or pervert specific parts of the Bible. If God were to
prevent it from happening, those warnings would have little
importance. Read Rev 22:18-19 and ask yourself if it sounds like the
Lord meant to protect the Bible from people he is warning in those
verses. Good point!
All
that
you or I can do is make assumptions. If we assume that some portion of
God's Holy word is incorrect, then we must pick and choose what we want
to believe.
DAVEH: So what's new? Isn't that what most Christians do anyway?
That would explain the diversity of doctrines and beliefs. IOW, don't
Christians who believe the Bible is inerrant pick and choose the
doctrines they believe and observe? Seems like we've seen some of that
right here on TT, have we not? II do not know about most , but
some do. That does not make it acceptable
As I see it, assuming the Bible is absolutely inerrant may cause
one to rationalize (some TTers have used the term harmonize)
and possibly blindly accept something that may be misleading. Isn't
that what some may do IF they accept the headings as being inerrant? I
wish Dean were still with us....I wonder if he considers the headings
to be inerrant? He seemed to be so strong willed, I would not be
surprised if he did. Try to forget the headings Dave. They are not
scripture, not given by God.
I
believe that to be an unacceptable course for myself, because I do not
have the wisdom to do that. I doubt that anyone does. In my opinion,
the safe way is to believe the whole Word is true, and to live by it.
God looks at the heart. If you live for Him with all your heart, He
will not send you to an eternity in Hell because you did your best to
follow Him, using the information you had available. We are not saved
by being inerrant. We are saved by faith.
I don't think that you believe in a literal Hell,
DAVEH: That is incorrect, Terry. I do believe in a literal hell. I
just don't believe the description of the lake of fire and brimstone
believed by many Christians is a literal description of hell, but
rather symbolic of the effect hell will have on those who experience it.
Do
you have some valid reason for seeing this as symbolic, or is that
simply what you want to believe?
Terry
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