Hi
Another point i have noted is that a lot of time Christians have
the fear of listening to people's views. Some Non-believers when
being preached to may be provoked when Christians tell them they
should not think things in certain ways. It seems to me that we're
afraid of our peers or leaders telling us that our faith is not
strong because we listen to these ideas. I have heard many times
Pastors, in an attempt to ensuring their people stand firm,
actually tell them that everything else is inspired by the Devil
into confusing and swaying their faith. But occassionally some of
these "ideas" are not actually wrong. We can never say something is
perfect or flawless. in everything that exists, every system, there
has to be an error somewhere. Even when it comes to sets of
beliefs. Which is unfortunate that many Christians shun ideas
because they think it isn't true. Or just because it's not from the
Bible, even though it sounds right, it has to be wrong. Once again,
i'd like to remind all that the Bible was written by the Hand of
Man. The Christian view is that it was inspired by God but it was
still written by Man in the end. Maybe He is still doing the
inspiring job and giving people ideas to share and to add on to
what we've been given - the Bible. So are we refusing to hear these
new ideas simply because of the last chapter in Revelations?
Maybe i should give an illustration. The Satanic Bible is written
by Anton Szandor LaVey. some of you have read it, some of you have
never heard of it, most of you avoid it because you're afraid of
it. The excuse you give is that it is full of lies and it is
unholy. Well if your faith is strong then you would read it and try
to understand it, and tell all the Satanists who believe it why
they are wrong and prove it using their own words against them. You
wouldn't say, "i'm not going to read it cause it's going to cause
me to Sin." there are things in it about Christianity that can
actually help you to understand Christianity more. i believe that
to fight the adversary, you have to know the adversary. but some of
you wouldn't agree with me, you'd think i'm trying to influence
your thought. Well, i'm open to ideas. There's no harm in that.
