(October 17, 2017 at 9:28 am)Drich Wrote:(October 14, 2017 at 11:04 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: Considering the many (I owe this to vorlon) schisms within christianity due to how one schism interprets scripture as opposed to another schism's interpretation, is it truly any wonder that atheists interpret scripture differently than religious people?
How does the christian logically process schisms within the same religion if god was so precise and clear in his message to the people?
Furthermore, if varied interpretation accomplishes to divide, does that not cancel out religion's claim to unite people?
In short Christ said all of the law has been compressed to two rules/commands under him.
Love your lord god with all of your being. (heart, mind, spirit and strength.)
The second is to love your neighbor as your self.
Now because we are all alittle bit different. our expression of complete and total love to God will be a little bit different. For instance if I was given the gift to sing and write songs then my worship service would depend heavily on that. those who don't have any musical talent would then find themselves waisting time in a worship service like that. Let's say your group has a limited understanding of the freedom and grace of God so they tend to be legalists. meaning people who closly and tightly follow each letter of the law as their means to worship God with all of their being... They would then schism from the music lovers because their works and law worship would not afford them time to to sing songs all day long. Then lets say my wife's group can't sing nor can wrap their minds around legalism. rather she know and enjoys a more complete understand of the freedom we have from the law in Christ, and live and serves in a way that would cause a legalist to stumple in their faith...
Do you get it? the law completed is to love God with all tht we have. not to a specific bar or level of understanding. if we have been given more we are to try and understand and worship more. not all can some are left behind because their capasity will not allow them to proceed any further.
The rule about loving your neighbor as yourself is just a minor rule among many in Leviticus chapter 19. It's among such things as not shaving around the sides of your head or chopping up your beard or cursing the deaf or turning your daughter into a hooker.
Leviticus 19:18 = https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Leviticus%2019:18
