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What is "heresy"?
Untitled (Bill Roth)
Negotiable?
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LDS,
Scripture is neogotiable only in the sense of it's interpretation. There are no originals left. Only extants. Many are not versed in Greek or Aramaic. So what we say is "scripture" today is at best a copy. Most extants are probably copies of copies. So what most people refer to as scripture, is the King James or other translation. Much meaning can be lost in translating from one language to another. Tyndale was persecuted and ultimately killed as a heretic for his translation of the word "Agape" to "love." The powers that be insisted on "charity." Two equally bright and God-fearing Christians can get a different meaning from the same "scripture." Does this make one a heretic? or possibly both? (both could be wrong). No one, or no group has a such a corner on the truth or such authority as to declare what the meaning of scripture to the end that any who disagree are heretics. So when you say "scripture" is non-negotiable, what do you mean? Your understanding of it, or possibly something else. This is a very fine line here and is one of the reasons that many Christians cannot get along. Dogma seems to take precedence over love, tolerence and and kindness. Not Good. There are very few things that I am so confident about that would cause me to label another "heretic." So to say that scripture is non-negotiable, I would say that one must define what he means by scripture and then elabotate. Hopefully, what we do here in this forum and in our lives is to share our beliefs and experience in the Word of God and share Christ with each other that we may learn and grow. Hopefully what we don't do here is arrogantly regurgitate scriptures and dogma in expectation of changing each others mind to our point of view. God Bless, Bill
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Hi Bill. I agree with you totally. eom. by Keith, 2001, Oct 30
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