(July 8, 2011 at 8:56 am)Rhythm Wrote: I just now caught the phrase "the bible encourages a thirsting for knowledge". Surely you jest?No, I don't jest too often.
For just a few. Then ther's always one of my favorites.. Luke 10:27 He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
Seems using your brain is fairly important... a shame there is ignorance and stupidity in the world, but with the lage numbers of believers, it's only understandable that some fall under being "Christians". I'm sure we can quibble on the percentage, but clearly it's a Biblical principal to seek knowledge.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
