You can latch onto theological ideas that are, in fact, not accurate, and refuse to let them go. I think we've seen this a few times in church history.
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And yet, you do not throw out some of the great minds of the Church - and people in Church history - and say they have no credibility because they committed a sin or made a mistake.
I started saying things in church that didn't meet with a lot of approval - like 'Jesus isn't coming back.' They started throwing Bibles.
Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility.
I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith binds you to any facts to the contrary.
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
I grew up in the church and had always questioned what they were telling me.
I ground my faith upon God's word, and not upon the church.
Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's so limiting.
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
Others don't want to listen to viewpoints that members of the church have.
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