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If you ask a message believer why they believe the message, they are likely to respond with a simple, “''Because I just believe it!''” | If you ask a message believer why they believe the message, they are likely to respond with a simple, “''Because I just believe it!''” A Jehovah’s Witness believes the Watchtower Bible and a Scientologist believes in the writings of L. Ron Hubbard, but that doesn’t make them true. | ||
:''Opponents | The Bible isn’t true because I believe it, the Bible '''is''' true and that’s why I believe it.<ref>Adapted from [http://rockadoodee.com/anti-intellectualism/ Rockadoodee.com]</ref> | ||
Message ministers have used even more destructive reasoning on their followers. The following is condensed from an email we recently received: | |||
:''[Opponents of the message will try] to drag you into a mode of reasoning with God's vindicated word of the hour... They hope to get someone to try and defend the message. THAT is what they want. See that subtility? ''...[You think] you can defend your revelation by reasoning... Never think you can defend the message by quoting it.'' | |||
Message ministers DENY the clear teaching of scripture when they take this approach. They reject the Apostle Peter's admonition in 1 Peter 3:15: | Message ministers DENY the clear teaching of scripture when they take this approach. They reject the Apostle Peter's admonition in 1 Peter 3:15: | ||
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:''But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, '''always''' being prepared to make a '''defense''' to '''anyone who asks''' you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with '''gentleness and respect'''.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), 1 Pe 3:15.</ref> | :''But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, '''always''' being prepared to make a '''defense''' to '''anyone who asks''' you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with '''gentleness and respect'''.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), 1 Pe 3:15.</ref> | ||
These message ministers want you to ignore the | These message ministers want you to ignore honest questions about the message. They never want you to even try to make a defense of what you believe. And they rarely treat people who have questions with gentleness and respect. | ||
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