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Originally Posted by CelticLady1 I agree. It is my belief that religion has more to do with culture (I believe this to be the reason of split from the early Christians) than scripture.
Then again 'mainstreaming' a religion to be accepted (or even made popular) by the masses could be considered propaganda.
Originally Posted by arguy1973 True, but the danger of following this line of thinking is that scripture, the Holy Spirit, or even God doesn't matter, because by adapting scripture to every possible flavour thins the message to the point of being meaningless. In short the scriptures becomes stretched too thin if it can mean anything to anybody.
Read dojilynn's post above..I think she just nailed it..
Most Christians in the US dont differ that much on the basics...that is preaching/teaching Christ crucified for our sins..
waterdowned scripture is worthless..we should never add too or take away from the Bible to make people happy, thats not what I meant at all.
Originally Posted by arguy1973 I know it is not what you meant, but I believe that it is what has been done and what still is being done.
yes..its sad but you are correct..one can watch the news and see it happening. When man tries to adjust or alter something that wasnt his to alter, then comes all kinds of new problems IMHO
I think my own interpretation comes from the Holy Spirit, and he leads me thru the scriputure, and therefore its not ARGUYS interpretation anymore,
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and when Im led by the Holy Spirit, that interpretation will line up with other believers interpretation.
I agree arguy;
Every single time that's His promise, and it tested and found true.
When the He promised the he would not leave us comfortless; he didn't, The Holy Spirit is our guide in all things, ( better than a seeing eye dog").
Once a great man of God told me that sacred scriptures from all religions were created in such a clever way that they had 2 meanings, the obvious message was intended to inspire the average man, while the other was meant to help the serious spiritual seeker on his/her quest for God, since that day I've followed his advice, but I would love to know the opinions of my fellow forum users and brothers.
I try to follow the Bible literally following the discrimination and intuition given by the Holy Spirit!
What he said!!!
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I believe this to be the reason of split from the early Christians) than scripture.
In short the scriptures becomes stretched too thin if it can mean anything to anybody.
Not a chance!
Bigthirsty is talking in code?
