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What Do You Believe?
When was the Last Time You Asked Yourself that Question?
I’m aggravated. With myself, mostly. I came across an article the other day written by a “Biblical Worldview Christian” that slammed progressive Christian views, along with a lot of other people and ideas and proclaimed that her southern Baptist viewpoint was the only valid way to believe and worship, using quotations from the Bible as “proof” that she was right, and everyone else with a different point of view was wrong. I know better than to interact with closed minded people, but I just couldn’t help myself and commented, using my own quotes from the Bible including “judge not,” “love thy neighbor,” and “let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”
Unsurprisingly, she did not have an epiphany. Rather, she doubled down, and I reminded myself that I’d just expended time and effort for no good or productive reason. I neither needed the frustration nor did I have the time and energy to spare, hence the self-aggravation. What’s the point of debating something when neither side is going to consider the other side seriously?
Everyone has the right to believe in whatever they want, and if she believes the Bible — that is, her interpretation and translation of the Bible — is infallible, that’s her right, but freedom of religion does not mean you have the right to…
