(November 24, 2013 at 1:01 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(November 23, 2013 at 2:34 pm)Brakeman Wrote: So your beef from the fundamentalists is they don't claim to hold a super duper decoder ring that makes excuses for the illogical points of their story?No excuses, understanding. Things that appear on first blush to be illogical make sense when considered more deeply. It is like this: you walk into a dark room and you think there is a snake in the corner. When you turn on the light you see that it was a coiled rope. If you let in the light of God's truth it will enlighten your understanding of the text.
Another question is how do you know that the verses you chose to look at more deeply were MEANT to be looked at more deeply? How do yo know that the snake is not meant to be a snake and you're convincing yourself it's a coil of rope be squinting.
The Yec vs oec vs TE, debate is a good example. Some Christians decide it's right to take it at face value, others that it is right to look deeper. Both sets are Christians, all are sure, but they can't all be right.
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
