Fundamentalists Put Their Own Personal Interpretation of Scripture on a Pedestal Above the Interpretation God's Mind Declares Correct for Modern Man
It boggles the mind how so-called fundamentalists, put their own personal interpretation of extremely hard to understand Biblical scriptures, on a pedestal above what is in God's mind regarding what is in those scriptures.
Although these so-called "Christian fundamentalists" usually posess no special gift of insight regarding the true meaning of scriptures, nevertheless they deify their own personal opinion regarding what a scripture means, as opposed to what is in God's mind, God's opinion, regarding what a scripture should mean to a 21st century person.
If these fundamentalists were truly fundamentalist, they would hold such a high regard for what is in God's mind regarding the correct modern meaning of a scripture, that they would never dare to put their own pot-bellied opinions on a pedestal above what is in God's mind regarding the meaning of a scripture.
The fact of the matter is that even the wisest persons sometimes, even often, do not know what the true meaning of a scripture is.
Such wise persons, do not adhere to the nutty idea, that it is impossible for a person to live a godly life without understanding what the true meaning of every scripture is.
Christ praised the children and the poor who were usually illiterate. Some churches got this letter or gospel other churches were given different letters and gospels. Some crowds heard certain words of Christ other crowds heard other words of Christ. Most of the words of Christ were never even recorded in scripture. Certain teachings were at certain times witheld from the people because the time was not ripe the people were not ready for them, or, the people were in a state such that they would rebel against the prophet if they were given certain teachings that were more than they could bear. An understanding of certain of the scriptures is useful for certain persons in certain positions but not for everyone.
Thus there is ample reason to suppose, that a person could live a godly life without understanding the exact meaning of every religious scripture.
Wisely religious persons, understand that when a scripture that is not understood is encountered, the smart thing to do in the absence of an understanding of the meaning of the scripture, is to rely on the powers of reasoning and on the scriptures whose meanings are understood.
Wisely religious persons, understand, that the mentality of the typical average human being, which is the mentality that exists in many "fundamentalist Christians", is a mentality that is not up to the difficult task of understanding the true meaning of hard to understand scriptures. They understand, that a certain kind of spiritual gift from God is required to understand the meaning of these scriptures. They do not pretend, that the average or common state of mind is adequate to understand the difficult scriptures. They do not presume, that it is proper to accord a given human interpretation of scripture importance greater than the meaning of the scripture that exists in the mind of God, simply because some loud wealthy obese preacher in a three piece suit, has declared that so and so is the meaning of the scripture in question.
@2006 David Virgil Hobbs
Although these so-called "Christian fundamentalists" usually posess no special gift of insight regarding the true meaning of scriptures, nevertheless they deify their own personal opinion regarding what a scripture means, as opposed to what is in God's mind, God's opinion, regarding what a scripture should mean to a 21st century person.
If these fundamentalists were truly fundamentalist, they would hold such a high regard for what is in God's mind regarding the correct modern meaning of a scripture, that they would never dare to put their own pot-bellied opinions on a pedestal above what is in God's mind regarding the meaning of a scripture.
The fact of the matter is that even the wisest persons sometimes, even often, do not know what the true meaning of a scripture is.
Such wise persons, do not adhere to the nutty idea, that it is impossible for a person to live a godly life without understanding what the true meaning of every scripture is.
Christ praised the children and the poor who were usually illiterate. Some churches got this letter or gospel other churches were given different letters and gospels. Some crowds heard certain words of Christ other crowds heard other words of Christ. Most of the words of Christ were never even recorded in scripture. Certain teachings were at certain times witheld from the people because the time was not ripe the people were not ready for them, or, the people were in a state such that they would rebel against the prophet if they were given certain teachings that were more than they could bear. An understanding of certain of the scriptures is useful for certain persons in certain positions but not for everyone.
Thus there is ample reason to suppose, that a person could live a godly life without understanding the exact meaning of every religious scripture.
Wisely religious persons, understand that when a scripture that is not understood is encountered, the smart thing to do in the absence of an understanding of the meaning of the scripture, is to rely on the powers of reasoning and on the scriptures whose meanings are understood.
Wisely religious persons, understand, that the mentality of the typical average human being, which is the mentality that exists in many "fundamentalist Christians", is a mentality that is not up to the difficult task of understanding the true meaning of hard to understand scriptures. They understand, that a certain kind of spiritual gift from God is required to understand the meaning of these scriptures. They do not pretend, that the average or common state of mind is adequate to understand the difficult scriptures. They do not presume, that it is proper to accord a given human interpretation of scripture importance greater than the meaning of the scripture that exists in the mind of God, simply because some loud wealthy obese preacher in a three piece suit, has declared that so and so is the meaning of the scripture in question.
@2006 David Virgil Hobbs
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