Are Traditions Needed?

mnphysicist said:

I agree that traditions are often a power struggle... but it would be really really hard if not impossible for a new believer to take on everything from a point of total deconstruction.

Consider someone who might have grown up in a church that ascribes to inerrancy, OSAS and KJVonlyism, and now they are asked to cast those traditions aside in the pursuit of serious study of the scriptures to become a pastor. Such works out ok for most seminarians in a very supportive environment, being the fallout from such is expected. It rarely works out well for individuals trying to give it a go on their own.... and for a new believer to try and start from a blank state without any traditions being taught, it would be really hard.

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1. a method of critical analysis of philosophical and literary language which emphasizes the internal workings of language and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumptions implicit in forms of expression.

Unnamed Guy said:

de·con·struc·tion
/ˌdēkənˈstrəkSHən/
noun

1. a method of critical analysis of philosophical and literary language which emphasizes the internal workings of language and conceptual systems, the relational quality of meaning, and the assumptions implicit in forms of expression.

That is exactly what I was taught except it was called "biblical research" and it was quite easy to learn.

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