Jonathan, I must apologize. I have every intention of responding, but until further notice, I'm going to have very limited access to the Internet. So I will respond when I get a chance.
I should definitely clarify:
Quote:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Faded;
"1.) Personal Study: There are not enough people who deign
to call themselves Christians who never bother to study for themselves,"
If you rephrased that as either "There are not enough people who deign
to call themselves Christians who bother to study for themselves", or
"There are too many people who ..." I'd agree with it. (The rephrasing
would also be more congruent with the rest of the paragraph.
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You are absolutely correct. This was an editing typo. What I intended was:
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Personal Studay: There are not enough people who deign to call themselves Christians who actually bother to study the Scriptures for themselves."
The tragedy is that most "Christians" will rely on someone else to learn the Bible on their behalf, so they don't have to. They will rely on someone else to get to know God very well on their behalf, so they don't have to. They will rely on someone else to learn the doctrines and teaching of God and Christ, so they don't have to. This unequal relationship and unequal responsibility is truly saddening. I would be curious how you think this problem can be solved.