"You can't live however you want and still be saved"

[Guojing]

Always interesting to read how people try to either read Paul into the words of Jesus in the 4 gospels, or do the other way.

As long as one does not know how to rightly divide the word of truth, you can use scripture to argue either OSAS, or NOSAS.

 

[fhansen]

Always interesting to read how people try to either read Paul into the words of Jesus in the 4 gospels, or do the other way.

As long as one does not know how to rightly divide the word of truth, you can use scripture to argue either OSAS, or NOSAS.

Yes, and whichever side one lands on, you can be sure they will believe themselves to be rightly dividing the word of truth.

 

[Guojing]

Yes, and whichever side one lands on, you can be sure they will believe themselves to be rightly dividing the word of truth.

Yes, that is called confirmation bias.

 

[fhansen]

Yes, that is called confirmation bias.

I guess, or even certainty- for whatever reason(s) they think their beliefs are justified.

 

[Guojing]

I guess, or even certainty- for whatever reason(s) they think their beliefs are justified.

Once you participate in such discussions long enough, you will realize this, people rarely change their minds here.

And that is perfectly understandable, once one is able to care enough for a doctrine to be able to type them out in words, they have formed that over many years of reflection.

So it is highly unlikely for people to change their minds just because a stranger over the Internet says something different, at least not until the long run.

We also tend to hang around with people who share our common view and ignore others. This is called confirmation bias.

 

[fhansen]

Once you participate in such discussions long enough, you will realize this, people rarely change their minds here.

And that is perfectly understandable, once one is able to care enough for a doctrine to be able to type them out in words, they have formed that over many years of reflection.

So it is highly unlikely for people to change their minds just because a stranger over the Internet says something different, at least not until the long run.

We also tend to hang around with people who share our common view and ignore others. This is called confirmation bias.

Yes, understood. And we aren't talking physics here. I think we'll all be surprised in the next life-to one degree or another. I hope we're all suprised, in fact!