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One of the offshoots of blind faith is anti-intellectualism. This is rampant in the message. | One of the offshoots of blind faith is anti-intellectualism. This is rampant in the message. | ||
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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> | 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> | ||
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|''...even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the '''wisdom given unto him''' hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which '''they that are unlearned and unstable wrest''', as they do also the other scriptures, '''unto their own destruction.''' (2 Peter 3:15b-16) | |||
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=The proper use of reasoning= | =The proper use of reasoning= | ||
[[File:Brain in a Box-300x296.jpeg|300px|thumb|right|I know God gave you a brain, but it would be terrible if you actually used it.]] | |||
Many in the message and, indeed many Christian fundamentalists point to this scripture to oppose any attempt at using reason to understand the Bible: | Many in the message and, indeed many Christian fundamentalists point to this scripture to oppose any attempt at using reason to understand the Bible: | ||