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Many in the message ignore the many issues we have raised in this website and, when challenged, refuse to engage in any attempt to answer the questions raised. But this is not what the scripture admonishes: | Many in the message ignore the many issues we have raised in this website and, when challenged, refuse to engage in any meaningful discussion or even attempt to answer the questions raised. | ||
But this is not what the scripture admonishes: | |||
:''Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you, but do it with gentleness and respect.<ref>American Bible Society, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), 1 Pe 3:15–16.</ref> | :''Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you, but do it with gentleness and respect.<ref>American Bible Society, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), 1 Pe 3:15–16.</ref> | ||
When asked to explain why you believe what you believe, the Apostle Peter states that we need to be ready to provide an answer. And we are to do it with gentleness and respect. | When asked to explain why you believe what you believe, the Apostle Peter states that we need to be ready to provide an answer. And we are to do it with gentleness and respect. | ||
Why is it that there is a refusal to obey scripture? Is it because they know that they don't have any answers? | |||
=The Confusion= | =The Confusion= | ||