tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post3047780890552074700..comments2023-10-24T01:23:36.470-07:00Comments on Thin Places: Stepford Wives?royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00508828835908673347noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post-79275452710801552952007-10-13T12:38:00.000-07:002007-10-13T12:38:00.000-07:00Good comment Chad. I do believe in soul freedom, ...Good comment Chad. I do believe in soul freedom, that nobody can tell someone else what they must believe. I also believe in the freedom of the Bible, that nobody can tell everyone else that this is what the scripture means, it must be alowed to speak for itself. I also believe tht it is in the discussion and wrestling of a variety of viewpoints that we find more of the truth.<BR/>All of that said, all interpretations are not equally valid or true. While we have the right to make an interpretation, we also have the responsibility to do it well. Let me give a silly example... I once heard a preacher who read one of the parables where Jesus spoke of weeping and gnashing of teeth... This preacher said that people would be taking bites out of one another. Sorry, that interpretation is just ridiculous. While the Southern Baptists in this instance aren't so silly, they are wrong. They have that right. I have no right to enforce any other view on them but I also have the responsibility to call their view into question and to present other possibilities.royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00508828835908673347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post-22552543372529866612007-10-13T09:14:00.000-07:002007-10-13T09:14:00.000-07:00I have always understood that one of your passions...I have always understood that one of your passions is to give to people the freedom to interpret Scripture according to their own conscience. Why are the Southern Baptists not given that same grace?Chad Zauchahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09725657607817101569noreply@blogger.com