Originally posted by FreakyKBHToo bad the quoter didn't provide the rest of the passage for context, eh?
[b]They're nice and generic; they can be used by anyone.
Insofar as one generically applies the word 'doctrine,' this passage can be considered all-encompassing. With a definition adhering to original intent, this passage's use of the word 'doctrine' severly limits a whitewash application.[/b]
Originally posted by FreakyKBHI don't quite follow.
Again, however, the aim of science is to figure out how things work. To declare that science restricts itself to 'real' things in effect limits reality to the physical. We know such is not the case.
Reality is not limited to the physical?
Originally posted by SwissGambitIndeed. I don't think he was too far off, however, given his desired application:
Too bad the quoter didn't provide the rest of the passage for context, eh?
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:
Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry."