I have come to realize that some religious people believe something can be true only if it was originated by someone else, now dead. Why?
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I do not know.
My guess is that for those that have a belief system that involves separation of spirit and matter, God is seen to be "over there" in some other place and time, rather than right here and right now. I would also guess that "spiritual" matters or information then seem more relevant or more true if they come from that far off place where god dwells and speaks.
Wow. The OP topic is completely not what I was expecting based on the thread title. I thought this was going to be about ancestor worship, which I have a fair deal to say about. This topic? Not so much. Don't have a clue. It strikes me as rather nonsensical.
I do not take a literal interpretation of the Bible. I can only speak for myself. I do not really know why other people think what they think, or prefer what they prefer -- so I can't answer that part of your inquiry.That is a fair answer to one aspect of belief. But when the now dead person originated his idea he was living in the present which now is past. Now people, including myself, have a difference of opinion what the Biblical Scriptures are communicating, but the new opinion does not jive with the dead man's view. The dead man's view is preferred. Why is that ?
People of faith who are living now have more evidence than people of faith who have died so to me it makes more sense to reevaluate prophesy, but most people don't because they revere the dead ones. Why do people trust death?
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
Please, what is nonsensical? The topic, the way it is presented, or the fact that dead people's ideas carry more weight than living people's ideas?
I have come to realize that some religious people believe something can be true only if it was originated by someone else, now dead. Why?
Promoting man's commentary is what prompted the thread. Most Bible commentary that is trusted to lean on had it's beginning with men who are now dead.
"Not forsaking the gathering together as some have the custom" "Custom" in that scripture is understood "habit", is it not? I think custom at Hebrew 10:25 means what has been adopted as truth that humankind have said about scripture.
I'm not sure if I can take a post from another thread and paste it here. But in essence it says "who said so?" You?
LOL. The people who told us what the good news means are dead. Savvy?
I have come to realize that some religious people believe something can be true only if it was originated by someone else, now dead. Why?
I have come to realize that some religious people believe something can be true only if it was originated by someone else, now dead. Why?
And that pretty much applies to the entire Mainstream Church now doesn't it. Like I said, I agree there are some things that almost ALL the scholars get wrong because they all blindly follow the consensus without critically examining the whole, but I do believe that one should base their interpretation on what was most likely the originally intended message. Are not your own mainstream-Protestant views based on the ideas of dead people? Do you think your view is the same one that was originally intended? So do I. So do many others. How do we know who is right?
I have no clue why you've come to realize this. Although, as a guess, could it be that you've run across such people?savagewind said:I have come to realize that some religious people believe something can be true only if it was originated by someone else, now dead. Why?
I have come to realize that some religious people believe something can be true only if it was originated by someone else, now dead. Why?
I have no clue why you've come to realize this. Although, as a guess, could it be that you've run across such people?