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-Removed-the Bible doesn't give a definitive answer and as we are only interested in promulgating
Biblical truth, why dont you try the spiritual buffet, they do a great line in self certified
personal opinions. I will repeat it in case you missed it for it has been expressed more than once,
the Bible doesn't give a definitive answer
and again
the Bible doesn't give a definitive answer
and again
the Bible doesn't give a definitive answer
and again
the Bible doesn't give a definitive answer
and again
the Bible doesn't give a definitive answer
six times in the one post, lets see if it penetrates through the the grey matter so as
to register a conscious awareness instead of reverberating off the the side of your
head and dissipating into the stratosphere.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieYou use this slightly odd "self-certified personal opinions" expression quite often. Do you mean you get some sort of "certificate" validating your spiritual opinions on account of the fact that you share the exact same opinions as 7 or so million other members of you organization? Do you actually get a document of some kind that says your opinions are "certified"?
...self certified personal opinions.
Originally posted by FMFI would consider its basis, confirm it in my own Bible, reflect upon the implications, use
So if I were to hear or read JW material that claimed that a person needs to be a JW in order to be a Christian, and that this is because the bible shows it to be so, you will not endorse it?
my discernment in order to understand how it relates to what i have gleaned previously
on the matter, assimilate the material through the process of reflection and if it indeed
was Biblically established, endorse it wholeheartedly as a Biblical truth, according to my
new understanding, after all, our tenets are not static nor are they fixed upon edicts
from the middle ages and are under constant revision.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThe Bible may not give a definitive answer, but you believe only the JW's fit the scriptural requirements to be called Christians. Right?!
the Bible doesn't give a definitive answer and as we are only interested in promulgating
Biblical truth, why dont you try the spiritual buffet, they do a great line in self certified
personal opinions. I will repeat it in case you missed it for it has been expressed more than once,
the Bible doesn't give a definitive answer
and again
t ...[text shortened]... ad of reverberating off the the side of your
head and dissipating into the stratosphere.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieHow do claim that your opinion is "certified" by the Bible? Seems a peculiar choice of word. Anyone can make the claim that their "opinion" is "certified". For this reason, "self-certified opinion" doesn't really mean anything, robbie.
yes it called the Bible.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieBut you would not endorse such an assertion [that a person needs to be a JW in order to be a Christian] as things stand and based on your current understanding of the bible?
I would consider its basis, confirm it in my own Bible, reflect upon the implications, use
my discernment in order to understand how it relates to what i have gleaned previously
on the matter, assimilate the material through the process of reflection and if it indeed
was Biblically established, endorse it wholeheartedly as a Biblical truth, acc ...[text shortened]... ot static nor are they fixed upon edicts
from the middle ages and are under constant revision.
Originally posted by FMFbecause my dear FMF, the difference is, that I am not professing anything of my own
How do claim that your opinion is "certified" by the Bible? Seems a peculiar choice of word. Anyone can make the claim that their "opinion" is "certified". For this reason, "self-certified opinion" doesn't really mean anything, robbie.
originality, whereas others see this as some kind of intellectual cowardice. In contrast
to this are those persons whose only basis for their opinions is their self, which is fine,
for each one has to make an evaluation with their own mind, but the distinction is clear.
Originally posted by FMFhave i not said that, according to my present understanding, I do not think the Bible
But you would not endorse such an assertion [that a person needs to be a JW in order to be a Christian] as things stand and based on your current understanding of the bible?
gives a definitive answer, how many times must I say it before it percolates and
registers?
Originally posted by robbie carrobieBut I'm talking about this odd expression yours: "self-certified opinion". You see your opinions as being "certified" in some way because they are unoriginal? I don't really see many people here, who express their opinions, claiming that those opinions are "certified" in any way, and yet you do. It's also odd for you to try to dismiss an opinion you disagree with by claiming that its "only basis" is their "self" when in fact it is most likely based on many things, including facts and interpretations etc. When it comes to an opinion, you say "each [person] has to make an evaluation with their own mind". Does this not apply to you too?
because my dear FMF, the difference is, that I am not professing anything of my own
originality, whereas others see this as some kind of intellectual cowardice. In contrast
to this are those persons whose only basis for their opinions is their self, which is fine,
for each one has to make an evaluation with their own mind, but the distinction is clear.