turquoise Posted July 31, 2016 Group: Seeker Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 175 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 80 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/28/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted July 31, 2016 On 6/24/2016 at 11:09 AM, Saved.One.by.Grace said: My hope in creating this thread is that those of us, or even Seekers, can ask questions about the Bible and any of us Christians, led by the Spirit of God, may answer using Holy Scriptures as a reference for our beliefs. This is the true purpose of apologetics. Please keep this civil and try to ask only questions not covered elsewhere in this forum. I will post a question later, myself, that's been concerning me. Feel free to get started and may God bless and use this thread/forum for the growth of His people. Referencing Holy Scriptures sometimes isn't helpful if you are trying to explain/defend your beliefs to a non-fundamentalist Christian. It probably depends on the question I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoghead Posted July 31, 2016 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 54 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 5 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/29/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted July 31, 2016 I agree, Seeker. Hardly anyone comes to Scripture, with a blank mind. Everyone views Scripture through a lens. Often, that is forgotten about. So it is all too easy for someone the try and win an argument by saying, "Scripture says such-and-such" and leave it go at that. Thing is, one may well be presenting one's interpretation of Scripture, which may or may not be solid or agreed upon between the two parties. So you need to be very clear about your interpretative framework. If, for example, you are viewing Scripture through the lens of fundamentalaistic Christianity, then Scripture is inerrant and Moses wrote the Pentateuch. If, however, you are reviewing Scripture through the lens of modern biblical studies, then it is a different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavedOnebyGrace Posted August 1, 2016 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 4,058 Content Per Day: 14.97 Reputation: 5,191 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/30/2023 Status: Offline Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 21 hours ago, turquoise said: Referencing Holy Scriptures sometimes isn't helpful if you are trying to explain/defend your beliefs to a non-fundamentalist Christian. It probably depends on the question I suppose. If a seeker is not asking questions, he/she is not really seeking. My hope in creating this thread is that one or more Christian members of the Worthy Network could provide answers to those sincerely seeking. I was not seeking when I became a Christian, as my testimony attests to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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