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Originally Posted by Blue-EyedLady
So why does the Christian community train us to stop thinking? Shouldn't Christians be the very ones encouraging others to think?
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Big picture church history: power. Knowledge is power, power corrupts, corruption needs props. Keep knowledge away from your underlings, so that they can't gain power for themselves (and take it from you...) and you'll keep your life of ease... I'm not sure, even with Reformation, Schisms, and Protestants, translations, denominations and theologies that we're any closer to teaching the freedom of the gospel. We're definitely getting better at the illusion of it, though.
We should be the ones encouraging others to think!
TRUTH should be able to withstand any scrutiny, right?
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