(June 18, 2022 at 9:08 pm)Belacqua Wrote: The scholarly types are no doubt in the minority. So it doesn't surprise me that you came to this late. Probably your pastors didn't consider the textual issues to be crucial to how you lived your life as a Christian.
True, and that encapsulates exactly the problem I have with them (generalizing the "them", of course). They started with the conclusion and excluded anything which might subtract from that conclusion. No devotion to truth or to even letting anyone evaluate truth - just more marketing. Some might say that's their job, and I understand that viewpoint, but it's a dishonest job if this is to be accepted. They're no different than any other snake oil salesmen if they know these things and hide them away.
