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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
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Please note what the inspired word of God is good for according to this verse: for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. The Complete Jewish Bibile puts it in perhaps clearer language (especially the "reproof" bit) "All Scripture is God-breathed and is valuable for teaching the truth, convicting of sin, correcting faults and training in right living;"
Note also the ultimate purpose as per vs 17: "so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
Am I being extreme when I deduce from this, that the Scriptures were never intended primarily to be "good for" ancient history, structural geology, biology and ecology, or other aspects of natural science? And when the Scriptures are used for purposes other than those stated, and in particular for equipping us for every good work, they are being misused? Where Scriptures are used for the purposes, or the means, of dividing the household of God, for pursuing individual (hidden) agendas, self-aggrandizement and generation of financial profit,they are being wrongfully used, even abused.
Note also the ultimate purpose as per vs 17: "so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
Am I being extreme when I deduce from this, that the Scriptures were never intended primarily to be "good for" ancient history, structural geology, biology and ecology, or other aspects of natural science? And when the Scriptures are used for purposes other than those stated, and in particular for equipping us for every good work, they are being misused? Where Scriptures are used for the purposes, or the means, of dividing the household of God, for pursuing individual (hidden) agendas, self-aggrandizement and generation of financial profit,they are being wrongfully used, even abused.
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