Homosexual Discussion ForumReprobate mind? :: Re: ReprobateRe: Reprobate This is a really interesting insight into that word... So, Aineo et al, what does reprobate really mean to you? Does it mean people who haven't succumbed to an attempt to impose a particular dogma on them? That would make alot of people pretty reprobate, cause, let me tell something about people: they really dont take well to being conquered and having ideas imposed on them. What if, in the original context of the word, reprobrate means "to not think?" (a=not; dokimos= the verb 'to think'). Faith, you see, can handle tough questions, and critical thinking. And revelations about truth dont come from you, or any person, but from God through the Holy Spirit, who we, as Christians, each have a relationship with through Christ. When we have faith (as opposed to dogma), we can ask questions, and still be at peace in the knowlege that God has all the answers, and that those answers will be in accordance with God's nature as being infinately good and perfectly just. So, what if what's really being spoken about here is people who rest on easy, predictable, we-have-all-the-answers dogma being the ones handed over to "reprobate"ness? Faith requires a leap in the dark that doesnt make alot of sense to people without faith - but its a fearless jump for people who have it. Next time you think about going out and "infecting" the world, try finding the peace that faith in God is supposed to impart to you, and spread that - your dogma wont get very far, and as far as it does get, it wont do people any good. |
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