1gr8bldr
Senior Member
So.... are you implying that since I don't agree with your version of truth, that I must not be saved? Are the uninformed more saved than the studied? I have read the NT over 1000 times. I know what's in there and just as important, what's not. I don't have a blind faith. I can not entrust my faith to the bias of men, therefore, I learned to read greek, to see for myself the original translation. I have compared every single word against the greek in the NT, 5 times or more. I spent years, specifically studying church history and the arguments and writings of the early church fathers. I went wherever the search led me, whether it was what I wanted to hear, or not. I have read all the books that were denied a place in the Canon of scripture. I stand 100 percent firm in my faith, in what I believe, not because this is what my preacher said, or my upbringing, or what's accepted, but because I am informed. I am a true apologist because I am informed. If you don't know the opposing issues, then you can't be an apologist. You would then just be considered a fan, in the stands, who yells out occasionally. As far as assuming there are no biblical contradictions.... this only shows that your a "devotional" christian, who reads here and there, wondering around, rather than a bible student. Nothing wrong with that. Not everybody is motivated by the spirit to be a bible student. This in itself can hinder the better calling of those called to minister to others, not at all meaning pastors. I would prefer the better gift of love, but I was lead elsewhere, only problem is that those like myself, meant to keep the church in correct doctrine, have been wrote off as heretical, because no one wants to hear what we have to say. The bride has gone astray, she has climbed into bed with an impostor posing as Jesus. But then, this is what the bible told us would happen.