This post will be responding to a post by J.B. as well as similar comments made in class today. J.B. seems to connect the fact that lots of young Christians violate the rule against premarital sex as proof that few actually believe in what the Bible says is right and wrong. I would disagree based on one simple point.
Taking an action in contradiction to a religious command does not necessarily mean that a person does not believe that that command is just or "right." I assume that there is a general conscientious among the people of our class that lying, coveting, stealing, and a whole host of other things that individuals do every day are not "good" things to be doing. One of the fundamental points in the Bible is that everyone has sinned (Romans 3:23a), but this fact does not mean that everyone does not believe in what the Bible says about sin (that it is generally not a good thing).
As I have mentioned several times in class, it is important to make sure that we do not confuse similar concepts when discussing something as complex as modern religious thought. Literalism is not the only form of belief in the Scripture as absolute Truth, as well as Belief can not always be demonstrated by short-term actions.
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Yes and yes. I agree completely. ;)
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